What are the codes of Israel's Old Testament-inspired radio operation against Hezbollah?

In the Book of Genesis, Dinah was the seventh child and only daughter of Leah and Jacob. The episode of her violation by Shechem, son of a Canaanite or Hivite prince, and the subsequent vengeance of her brothers Simeon and Levi, commonly referred to as the rape of Dinah, is told in Old testament.

Dinah is first mentioned in Genesis 30:21 as the daughter of Leah and Jacob, born to Leah after she bore six sons to Jacob. In Genesis 34, Dinah went out to visit the women of Shechem, where her people had made camp and where her father Jacob had purchased the land where he had pitched his tent. Shechem (son of Hamor, the prince of the land) then took her and raped her.

Shechem asked his father, Hamor, to obtain Dinah as his wife. Hamor approached Jacob, proposing intermarriage: "Make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you." Shechem offered any bride-price Jacob and his sons desired. However, Jacob's sons responded deceitfully, saying they would accept the offer only if the men of the city agreed to be circumcised, because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah. Then the men of Shechem actually circumcised themselves. Then Shechem married Dinah. Then three days later, Simeon and Levi, killed all adult males whose are immobility due to circumcision in Shechem as revenge for the rape of Dinah. When Jacob was worried that the Canaanites would kill them for that and was angry with Simeon and Levi because of it, they asked him “shall our sister be treated as a whore.”

The immobility of the targeted men due to the pain of circumcision parallels the situation of Hezbollah officers, whose radios and pagers malfunction, resulting in severed fingers and blindness, akin to devices exploding in the waist or pocket area, causing harm to the genitals and feet. Israel receives military and intelligence support from the United States, while also deriving strategic operational benefits from the Old Testament or Torah. Lebanon is reeling after deadly attacks targeting Hezbollah members, with communication devices exploding across the country on Tuesday, reminiscent of the fate of the circumcised  immobility men in the Old Testament. Panic, fear, and grief have gripped the nation as questions arise about the execution of the attacks, the origin of the devices, and the potential for escalating regional conflict. At least 37 Hezbollah’s high ranked militias have died, and thousands more are injured, many critically, after these devices detonated in their pockets or near their faces  hands legs and genital areas, with Lebanese officials blaming Israel for the violence. After warning on Wednesday that a "new era" of war was starting, Israel began striking targets in Lebanon on Thursday, with its top commander approving plans for the northern arena.

Pagers function on a radio frequency network, with each device assigned a unique code. Each pager within range of the network's transmitters continuously listens for signals, ready to receive its specific code. The attack targeted pagers identified as the Gold Apollo Rugged Pager AR-924, which Hezbollah had acquired in recent months. The method of triggering the explosions remains unclear. Damaged pagers in Lebanon displayed the name of a Taiwanese manufacturer; however, the company stated that the devices were actually produced and sold by a Hungarian firm based in Budapest. Hungarian authorities, however, denied this, stating that the Budapest firm serves as a "trading intermediary" and has no manufacturing facilities in the country.  Adding to the mystery, the company’s office is located in a residential area, where other residents reported rarely seeing anyone come to work and noted that the Budapest firm had never physically occupied the building. According to three intelligence officers briefed on the matter, the Hungarian company, BAC Consulting, was reportedly linked to an Israeli front.

Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant seemed to reference the attacks on Wednesday during a visit to an air force base, praising the “excellent achievements” of the military and intelligence agency. “We are at the beginning of a new era in this war, and we must adapt,” Gallant stated. Israel is preparing for a major ground and air operation against Hezbollah by opening a new front in the Middle East. While there may not be a historical Hamor facing Israel, there is instead Nasrallah; and although the Canaanites may no longer be present, Hezbollah certainly is. While there may not be the historically referenced Hivites suffering from circumcision pain, it is a reality that Lebanese hospitals are filled with Hezbollah militants who have been left incapacitated in their hands, legs, and eyes. The question that needs to be asked here is whether Netanyahu will initiate an operation for the Golan, much like Simeon and Levi launched their operation for Dinah.

Note: The author Mehmet Bildik is a political scientist who received a scholarship from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He provides strategic analysis to the Ministry's Strategic Research Centre.