AOC, Bernie Sanders lead action against Israel after shocking pager attacks on Hezbollah
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is demanding an investigation into whether any U.S. resources went toward Israel’s coordinated explosion of Hezbollah pagers.
“Israel’s pager attack in Lebanon detonated thousands of handheld devices across of a [sic] slew of public spaces, seriously injuring and killing innocent civilians,” the progressive New Yorker wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
“This attack clearly and unequivocally violates international humanitarian law and undermines US efforts to prevent a wider conflict. Congress needs a full accounting of the attack, including an answer from the State Department as to whether any US assistance went into the development or deployment of this technology.”
Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, Mossad, planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s detonations, a senior defense official confirmed to Fox News.
ISRAEL BEHIND LEBANON PAGER ATTACK TARGETING HEZBOLLAH, SENIOR US OFFICIAL SAYS
“The United States, did not know about, nor was it involved in, these incidents,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters of the pager attacks on Wednesday.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is demanding an investigation into whether any U.S. resources went toward Israel’s coordinated explosion of Hezbollah pagers. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
He then warned Israel against escalating conflict.
“We’ve been very clear and we remain