White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby reiterated on Wednesday that the United States was not involved in the explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon over the last two days.
“What I can tell you is we were not involved in yesterday’s incidents or today’s in any way, and I don’t have anything more to share,” Kirby told reporters during a White House press briefing, as quoted by CNN.
Pressed in a follow-up exchange with another reporter, Kirby would not say if Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin received a heads up on Wednesday’s attack, which saw scores of walkie-talkies explode across Lebanon, during a Tuesday call with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Kirby repeatedly declined to confirm on the record that Israel was behind the electronics attacks, telling reporters, “I’m not going to get into intelligence assessment, estimates and assessments from here.”... Read More: Arutz-7