Israel has for the first time confirmed that it was behind the operation in September to detonate hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

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.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday disclosed publicly for the first time that he approved the September attack targeting Hezbollah in which hundreds of communication devices