Israel
According to a senior Lebanese security source and other informants, Israel’s Mossad spy agency carried out an unprecedented operation involving the planting of explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Hezbollah.
This covert operation came to light following a series of devastating detonations across Lebanon on Tuesday, resulting in the deaths of nine people and injuring nearly 3,000, including Hezbollah fighters and Iran’s envoy to Beirut.
The pagers, which had been ordered from Gold Apollo, a Taiwan-based company, were believed to be from this manufacturer.
However, Gold Apollo clarified that the devices were actually produced by a European firm licensed to use its brand.
Despite the brand confusion, the explosive nature of the pagers was confirmed by the Lebanese security source, who stated that the devices had been tampered with at the production level by Israeli agents.
The modified pagers, identified as model AP924, were intended for Hezbollah’s use as a low-tech communication tool to evade Israeli surveillance.
The explosives, concealed within the pagers, were activated by a coded message sent to the devices, causing 3,000 of them to detonate simultaneously.
The explosives were hidden so discreetly that they went undetected by Hezbollah for months, with up to three grams of explosives packed into each device.
The Israeli military has declined to comment on the incident, and images of the destroyed pagers, which featured a format and stickers consistent with those of Gold Apollo, have been analyzed but did not elicit a response from Israeli officials.
This operation represents a significant breach of Hezbollah’s security and has been described by experts as a major counter-intelligence failure for the group.
The timing of the attack coincided with heightened tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, exacerbated by ongoing conflicts along Israel’s northern border with Lebanon since the Gaza conflict erupted on October 7.
This attack, which Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah has labeled as the group’s “biggest security breach” in decades, underscores Israel’s deep penetration into Hezbollah’s operational security.
Hezbollah’s response to the attack has been one of increased caution and urgency, given the injuries and fatalities suffered by its members.
This incident reflects Israel’s sophisticated intelligence capabilities and its strategic approach to undermining its adversaries in a dramatically impactful manner.
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