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Pager attack on Hezbollah was a sophisticated ‘booby-trap’ operation − it was also illegal

  • Written by Mary Ellen O'Connell, Professor of Law and International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
Pager attack on Hezbollah was a sophisticated ‘booby-trap’ operation − it was also illegalMedics collect blood in Beirut on Sept. 17, 2024.AFP via Getty Images

The operation that used pagers and walkie-talkies to kill members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was ingenious – but was it legal?

Certainly, there are those who will argue that it was. That thinking goes like this: Hezbollah has been attacking Israel with rockets,...

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