Israel hid explosives in pagers that Hezbollah recently ordered from a Taiwanese company, according to a New York Times report published after the massive pager detonation.
Citing U.S. officials and unnamed others, the report said explosives were placed in the devices made by Gold Apollo before they were delivered to Lebanon, along with a switch so they could be detonated remotely.
The explosions occurred Tuesday afternoon when a message from Hezbollah leaders was sent to pagers, and the pagers were supposed to sound for several seconds before detonating, two officials said.
More than 3,000 pagers were included in the recent order, and a US newspaper reported that some of the devices were delivered to Hezbollah allies in Syria and Iran. The newspaper added that the attack affected only those pagers that were turned on and receiving messages.
It is unclear exactly when Hezbollah ordered and received the pagers, but the newspaper report noted that leader Hassan Nasrallah earlier this year ordered members of the Iran-backed group to give up cellphones for fear of being listened to by Israel.
Previously, Cursor wrote that a military expert said who was responsible for the operation against Hezbollah terrorists.
In addition, we reported that Hezbollah’s deputy leader described how terrorists would respond to pager explosions.
