Benjamin Netanyahu gifts John Fetterman a silver pager during Israel visit

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Sen. John Fetterman and his wife, Gisele, in Jerusalem Wednesday where he gifted the Pennsylvania Democrat a silver pager inspired by last year’s attack against Hezbollah terrorists. 

“What can I give to a man who has everything? How about giving him a beeper?” Netanyahu said as he presented Fetterman with the same model pager used in the covert operation. 

“This is a silver-plated beeper. The real beeper is like 1/10th the weight, it’s nothing, but it changes history,” the Israeli prime minister explained. 

Israel sabotaged thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah operatives across Lebanon last September causing them to suddenly and virtually simultaneously explode, killing more than 30 people and injuring over 3,400 others, according to the Times of Israel.

Clad in his signature look – a Carhartt hoodie and shorts – Fetterman looked elated to accept the gift. 

“You know, when that story broke I was like, ‘Oh, I love it. I love it,’” Fetterman told Netanyahu as he examined the shiny pager. 

Last month, Netanyahu gifted President Trump a gold-plated version of the same pager during a visit to the White House. 

Fetterman, a staunch supporter of Israel and its military operations against terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah, visited the Jewish State as Israeli forces resumed attacks in the Gaza Strip following a two-month cease-fire. 

“Hamas does not want peace,” the senator wrote on X Tuesday. “I unapologetically, 100% stand with Israel, and demand the release of all remaining hostages.” 

“Sending this from Israel,” Fetterman noted. 

The prime minister’s wife, Sara, also attended the get-together and was seen chatting with Gisele and the senator in footage released by Netanyahu’s office. 

The prime minister’s office described the meeting as “warm and friendly.” 

“The Prime Minister and his wife thanked Senator Fetterman and his wife for their consistent support of Israel since the outbreak of the war,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. 

Fetterman surprised Netanyahu with a framed newspaper article about the 1986 dedication of a Philadelphia memorial to the prime minister’s late brother, Yonatan.

Yonatan was killed trying to free more than 100 Jewish hostages being held by terrorist Uganda during a daring July 4, 1976 Israeli military operation. 

The hostages were passengers aboard a hijacked Air France flight traveling from Athens to Tel Aviv that was flown to Uganda by the terrorists. 

Yonatan and three hostages were killed in the raid, but 102 hostages were saved. 

Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister was “moved” by the gift.