Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accepted that he had "okayed" the pager attacks in Lebanon, which had killed nearly 40 Iran-backed Hezbollah members in September.

On September 17, pagers started detonating in Lebanon and Syria sending Hezbollah into confusion. A day later, the walkie-talkies exploded in a similar way during the funeral of those who died in a pager attack.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly confirmed that he gave the green light to a deadly military operation targeting Hezbollah militants in Lebanon in September. The attack, which involved remotely detonated explosions on pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah members,