On November 10, local time on November 10, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that despite the opposition of senior security officials and the political class responsible for them to the pager bombing against Hezbollah in Lebanon and the assassination of Hezbollah's then leader Nasrallah, he still insisted on acting. Netanyahu said that there were objections in the cabinet, one of the reasons was that the United States was unwilling to cooperate, "I did not agree, but followed through." Israeli media said this could be seen as Netanyahu's responsibility for the pager incident.