Netanyahu gifts Trump golden pager in reference to attack on Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gifted U.S. President Donald Trump a golden pager and a regular one, a reference to the clandestine operation against Hezbollah last year.

“That was a great operation,” Trump responded, according to Israel’s Channel 12.

In return, Trump gave Netanyahu a photo of the two of them from the visit, with the dedication “To Bibi, a great leader.”

In September, thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah operatives across Lebanon suddenly exploded, killing at least 12 people, including two Hezbollah members and two children, and wounding more than 2,750, including civilians and Iran's ambassador to Lebanon.

A day later, hundreds of walkie-talkies also blew up, killing at least 30 people and injuring over 750 others. The 150 hospitals across Lebanon that received victims of the explosions witnessed chaotic scenes.

The attacks, eventually claimed by Israel, were the opening strike in an all-out war against Hezbollah that ended in late November.