Jerusalem’s pager attack against Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon was carried out ahead of schedule due to concerns the Iranian proxy might have discovered the plan, according to reports in Axios and Al-Monitor.

The Arab-American news site Al-Monitor first reported that Israel had intended to wait until just before a full-scale war to launch the attack, but made a last-minute decision to detonate the pagers after at least two Hezbollah members suspected something was wrong with the devices.