Israel admits responsibility for Lebanon's pager and radio explosion for the first time

Israel admitted for the first time in September that it was involved in the simultaneous explosion of radio calls and radios across Lebanon, killing dozens of people.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on the 10th local time that he had approved a radio call operation in Lebanon, a spokesman for Prime Minister Omer Dostri's office told AFP.

Earlier, on September 17 and 18, wireless callers and radios exploded simultaneously across Lebanon, killing or injuring more than 3,000 people.

Then Lebanon's pro-Iranian militant Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the explosion and vowed to take revenge.