Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., was gifted a silver-plated beeper throughout a go to with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the lawmaker praised Israel’s covert operation through which it detonated pagers final yr worn by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon.
Fetterman repeatedly has voiced help for Israel whereas breaking with the Democratic Social gathering, which has been important of Israel’s army operations in Gaza, and has demanded that Hamas return all of the hostages the fear group took on Oct. 7, 2023.
He was visiting Netanyahu’s workplace in Jerusalem this week when he reiterated his help for the Jewish state.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presents Democratic Sen. John Fetterman a silver-plated beeper, commemorating the operation that used pagers towards Hezbollah leaders and operatives. Fetterman visited Israel to point out his help in its combat towards the terrorist group that attacked on Oct. 7, 2023, killing greater than 1,200 and taking many hostages. (Israel Authorities Press Workplace)
“Hamas does not want peace. I unapologetically, 100% stand with Israel, and demand the release of all remaining hostages,” he wrote Tuesday on X. “Sending this from Israel.”
Throughout an trade of presents, Fetterman gave Netanyahu a framed information article about an effort to memorialize Netanyahu’s brother, the fallen Israeli soldier Yoni Netanyahu, in Philadelphia, the place Netanyahu lived as a young person, the Jewish Telegraphic Company reported.
The fallen prime minister’s brother is taken into account a hero in Israel after he was killed within the 1976 Israeli raid in Entebbe, Uganda through the rescue of 102 hostages taken by German and Palestinian terrorists in a aircraft hijacking.
Netanyahu then reciprocated along with his reward.
“What can I give a man who has everything? How about giving him a beeper?” Netanyahu mentioned. “This is a silver-plated beeper. The real beeper is, like, one-tenth the weight. It’s nothing, but it changes history.”
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Picture lays out the areas Hezbollah has infiltrated in Lebanon. Picture offered 9/6/2024. (Picture offered by Alma Analysis and Training Heart)
The beeper references Israel’s September 2024 operation through which it detonated pagers utilized by members of Hezbollah in Lebanon, killings dozens of individuals.
“When that story broke, I was like, ‘Oh, I love it, I love it.’ And now, it’s like, thank you for this,” Fetterman responded.
The operation got here earlier than Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s chief, and weeks forward of an Israeli floor invasion of Lebanon. That battle resulted in a ceasefire in late November.
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In February, Netanyahu additionally gifted a gold-plated pager to President Donald Trump.
