The New York Times calls the factory “a modern Trojan horse”. Israeli intelligence is said to have been behind the development of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon, claim the newspaper’s sources. Israel has not commented on the allegations and the information has not been confirmed by open sources. A separate factory is said to have produced the pagers with the aim of targeting Hezbollah. According to the New York Times, Israel also established two other factories that produced real pagers for the general public. It was done to camouflage the real aim of the production of pagers to target Hezbollah. The explosive material was placed next to the battery in each pager, writes the New York Times. The substance must be so explosive that 28 grams can be enough to cause serious personal injury. On Tuesday, at least twelve people were killed and close to 3,000 injured when thousands of pagers exploded within an hour. On Tuesday, victims of the pager explosion were buried in Beirut. Photo: Bilal Hussein / AP Warning against mobile phones Israel got the idea of the fake pagers after the leader of Hezbollah warned against the use of ordinary mobile phones. – You ask, where are Israeli agents? Hassan Nasrallah said. – I tell you, the mobile phone you have in your hand, the wife has in her hand and the children have in their hands, they are Israeli agents. The leader of Hezbollah is said to have asked his fighters to bury their mobile phones, writes The New York Times. Hezbollah is led by Hassan Nasrallah. Photo: – / AFP Nasrallah believed that pagers would be much safer to use. The ploy gave Israeli intelligence the idea of producing fake pagers with explosives. Hezbollah is said to have ordered 5,000 pagers. T Also in Syria, pagers have exploded, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. They report that 14 people of “unknown nationalities” have been injured in Damascus and RIF Dimashq. Reuters and other news agencies wrote earlier this week that around 5,000 pagers were probably tampered with somewhere in the supply chain. They quote a source in the Lebanese security service. It will mainly be the Gold Apollo AP924 model, but also three other types that were part of the delivery. But now The New York Times claims that the pagers were produced in Israel. The New York Times cites several “US and other top leaders who were briefed on the operation”. Walkie-talkie explosions On Tuesday, Hezbollah activists in Lebanon exploded again. Hundreds of the communication equipment called walkie-talkies exploded, killing 20 people in Lebanon and injuring 450. Store owners in Lebanon are removing walkie-talkies from store shelves. Photo: Aziz Taher / Reuters They were marked with the logo of Japanese Icom. The company is now investigating the matter, writes NTB. The two-way communication, popularly referred to as walkie-talkies, was also marked “Made in Japan,” according to photos. Icom, which is listed on the Tokyo stock exchange, says the company is investigating the fact that the devices that exploded had their logo on them. They will release updated information as it becomes available, according to a statement. – It is not possible to confirm that the radio product allegedly connected to the explosions in Lebanon was supplied by our company, it says. Furthermore, the company states that the radios in question went out of production around ten years ago, and that the batteries needed for operation are also no longer made. According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, 20 people were killed and 450 injured when communications equipment belonging to the Lebanese Hezbollah group exploded for the second day in a row on Wednesday. On Tuesday, it was all about pagers. The handheld radios are said to have been purchased by Hezbollah five months ago, around the same time they purchased the pagers. Hezbollah promises revenge after the explosions, which they believe Israel is behind. Israel has so far neither confirmed nor denied that they were involved. Published 19.09.2024, at 07.13 Updated 19.09.2024, at 07.32
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