'Many people believe Iran calls the shots, literally.' Paul Wood: can Iran push Hezbollah into war?

Multiple reports suggest that Israel’s spy agency Mossad placed explosives in thousands of Hezbollah pagers. They subsequently detonated, and according to Lebanon’s health ministry, at least 12 people were killed, and at least 2,750 are in hospital.

Is Israel behind the attack? What does this mean for tensions between Lebanon and Israel - could Israel find itself fighting a war on two fronts?

The Spectator’s assistant online editor Angus Colwell is joined by Paul Wood, former BBC foreign correspondent and Spectator contributor.

[atlarge]

No one is surprised, its surprising how unsurprising it was that an Iranian Ambassador had a terrorist pager.

[carmenmccauley]

Id like to see more news media commenting on the Iranian ambassador having a pager and less quotes from Hezbollah.

[pinchebruha]

I hear when sand is heated high enough it turns to glass…