Netanyahu gives Trump golden pager after devices kill Hezbollah operatives

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gifted President Trump a golden pager during his visit to Washington this week, an Israeli official confirmed to NewsNation.

The symbolic device is a reference to Israel’s sophisticated September military operation in which small amounts of explosive material detonated in pagers used by hundreds of members of the U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization Hezbollah.

The golden pager is fixed onto a wooden panel and is attached to a golden plaque, with black writing.

“To President Donald J. Trump, Our greatest friend and greatest ally. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,” the plaque reads, according to a photo provided by the Israeli prime minister’s office.

The gift came as Trump welcomed Netanyahu to the White House as the first foreign leader to visit since Trump took office for the second time.

The visit saw an unprecedented overhaul of U.S. foreign policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Speaking at a press conference alongside Netanyahu on Tuesday, Trump doubled down on his proposal for Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip and announced the U.S. would take over the small territory.

“The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job — whether we’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site, level the site, and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out,” Trump said.

“Create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area, do a real job, do something different,” he added.

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