Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted U.S. President Donald Trump two pagers—one of them made of gold—during their meeting in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Hebrew media reported on Wednesday.
The objects referenced Israel’s secret operation against Hezbollah in September, in which the country’s Mossad intelligence agency set off hundreds of boobytrapped pagers and walkie-talkies it had sold to the Lebanese terrorists via shell companies.
The operation reportedly incapacitated the terrorist group’s mid-level officer class and is widely believed to have had a decisive impact on its war against Israel.
A member of Netanyahu’s entourage told Israel’s Channel 12 News that Trump called the operation “tremendous” when he received the gift.
Trump gave Netanyahu a photo of the two of them, on which he wrote: “To Bibi, a great leader,” according to the report.
The Israeli premier landed in the United States on Monday and is expected to extend his stay into the weekend.
