A former Israeli intelligence official has accused the US and Israel of trying to pressure Hamas into taking a ceasefire deal by undermining one of its key backers, Iran, though its pager and walkie-talkie attacks on Lebanon. Israel has been blamed for the attacks. Former Israeli intelligence official Avi Melamed told MailOnline he believed the move was a ploy from Israel and the US to pressure Hamas into taking an unfavourable ceasefire deal. In the wake of the second wave, Israel moved its 98th Division close to its border with Lebanon, and mobilised tanks along the border region.