Pagers laced with explosivesdetonated across Lebanon Tuesday in a targeted attack against Hezbollah.
The explosions have killed 20 people and injured 2,700 more.
The pagers that detonated on Tuesday were purposely built by Israel for the project, according to the report.
A photo taken on September 18, 2024, in Beirut’s southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers on display at an undisclosed location.© Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images
The message heated the lithium battery which triggered the PETN to explode.
Hezbollah has long been paranoid about Israel and the Wests ability to monitor and track modern technology.
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, warned his followers about the dangers of cell phones in February.
Every time theres an assassination or infiltration into the organization, they tell us to look for the agents.
Israel doesnt need agents and collaborators because every cellular phone is a particularly lethal agent.
Put it in an iron box and lock it.
The speech coincided with policy shifts in the organization.
Nasrallah ordered Hezbollah to communicate only via the beepers and carry them at all times.
The pagers wereGold Apollobrand, a Taiwan-based company known for manufacturing beepers.
As part of the deal, B.A.C.
would get to manufacture its own beepers and pay Gold Apollo to use its branding.
They said they wanted to cultivate a cohort of engineers, founder Hsu Ching-kuangtold NPR.
I told them, the stuff you make is neither easy to use nor is it aesthetically-pleasing.
Why not just use my products?
Journalists tracked down B.A.C Consulting to an empty building in Hungary.
According tothe New York Times, Israeli intelligence agents used B.A.C.
The Times said Israel and its shell companies have been shipping the pagers to Lebanon since 2022.
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