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Israel is believed to have conducted a series of clandestine attacks on adversaries linked to Iran in recent years, sometimes using highly innovative tactics. Some have involved highly innovative tactics.
- Sept. 18, 2024, 2:19 p.m. ET
The mass explosions of wireless devices across Lebanon this week appear to be the latest in a string of covert attacks in recent years believed to have been conducted by Israel against its enemies abroad.
The attacks — including a series against Iran’s nuclear program — have embarrassed enemies and demonstrated Israel’s prowess at using military technology in ways that suggest it can strike anywhere and at any time.
Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia, has blamed Israel for the latest attacks, in which explosive material hidden in pagers detonated remotely on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and injuring thousands more. At least nine people were also killed and more than 300 others were wounded in a second wave of blasts involving walkie-talkies on Wednesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry,
The blasts appeared to cast a far wider net than other attacks, which frequently targeted individuals.
Israel has not claimed responsibility for this week’s attacks, or for many other attacks that have been attributed to it. They include:
Attacks on Iran’s nuclear program
A series of operations, including assassinations and sabotage, over the years have targeted senior leaders involved with Iran’s nuclear program. These included the poisoning of a nuclear scientist in 2007 and the killing of another in 2010 by a remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle.
Between 2010 and 2012, four people with links to Iran’s nuclear program were killed by hit men riding motorcycles. In one case, in 2010, an assassin attached a sticky bomb to a car door. In others, gunmen approached vehicles in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and fired through the window before speeding off.
