Things you should never ask

this is like second or third worst kept secret in the middle east

now you have me wondering what is the first
- that israel has nukes
- Those back-alley 'marriages' to 13-year-old "virgins" aren't going to last.
- That Israel is a terrorist state at this point.

Why would a diplomat have a direct line of communication with a powerful military force in the region? That seems like a pretty straightforward question with an obvious answer lol.

shhhhhh it's conspiracy theory time...

Yeah, we sure showed that 10 year old!

Damn the Iranian ambassador sure was young
- Don't forget all those Hamas nurses and doctors. Totally not indiscriminate terrorism against civilians. Israel never does that!
- Enjoy losing the electronics handheld market to the Chinese as everyone gets paranoid about Western smartphones. Will you still be laughing when this hack inevitably leaks and is used to harm you or your family. I'm a computer hacker and it's looking more and more like these were done by hacking the devices and detonating the battery. But hey, at least you got to do a completely militarily impotent terrorism against a group fighting a genocide.

I'd be surprised if he didn't.

Communication? Lebanon has a right to defend itself. It's like questioning why Biden has a line to the Israel Prime Minister.

Hezbollah is a right wing religious militia, not the government of Lebanon
- they're not the government but they are a political party with 15 seats in the parliament.
- They are like the minutemen, but have worse PR.
Why should the US president be in regular contact with the perpetrator of an ongoing genocide?
Almost makes you think the US supports continued Israeli apartheid.
- You're asking why the US formed an ally 75 years ago with the only stable democracy in the middle east and has a continued interest in maintaining stability in the region?
  Of course not, you can only operate in sound bytes, buzzwords and catchphrases.

Did he?

It was on discount on Jihad R Us.

But seriously, doubt the relation can be considered much of a secret.

What is a "Hezbollah pager"

Pagers were precursors to cell phones, there's a little screen and it buzzes but the primary purpose is just to tell you to call someone.
Hezbollah is a political party / paramilitary group in Lebanon, aligned with Iran against Israel. And Lebanon shares a border with Israel so a famously fraught relationship there and it has only gotten worse since October. They use pagers because the Israeli intelligence agency is notoriously good and they would likely hack any cell phone.
Speaking of which, Israeli intelligence planted bombs in pagers sold to Hezbollah by a 3rd party over the last 2 years, and recently detonated the bombs, killing or wounding many members of Hezbollah. Also an Iranian ambassador.