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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
imageMedics 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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