Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant did say on Wednesday, however, that his country's war with Iran's so-called proxy groups in the region had entered a "new phase," announcing a shift to the north of Israel after 11 months of intense conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

After thousands of pagers of Hezbollah fighters exploded in Lebanon, it was believed that Israel had somehow penetrated the supply chain and rigged the devices with explosives. However, jaw-dropping reports now suggest that Israel might have created shell companies that actually manufactured those explosive pagers for Hezbollah.