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

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The operation that used pagers and walkie-talkies to kill Hezbollah members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was ingenious but was it legal? Peter Bergen : Using a booby trap designed to kill is a crime under international law.

The use of booby traps adds to Israel ’s growing list of post-Oct. 7 violations of international law, he says.

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