REPORT: Israel apparently intercepted the pagers from Taiwan that detonated in the pockets of thousands of Hezbollah fighters before they reached Lebanon.
According to the New York Times, Israel tampered with the devices that Hezbollah ordered.
They reportedly placed two…
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Israel apparently intercepted the pagers from Taiwan that detonated in the pockets of thousands of Hezbollah fighters before they reached Lebanon.
According to the New York Times, Israel tampered with the devices that Hezbollah ordered. They reportedly placed two ounces of explosive material next to the battery in each pager.
“A switch was also embedded that could be triggered remotely to detonate the explosives,” the Times reported.
Hezbollah fighters received a message at 3:30 p.m. Lebanon time that looked like it was coming from Hezbollah’s leadership.
When the message came through, there was a brief pause, presumably so the fighters would raise the pagers toward their face, before they detonated.
Over 2,800 people were injured and 9 people were k*lled.
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The Israeli spy agency Mossad allegedly intercepted Hezbollah’s shipment of new pagers months ago and rigged them with high explosives — resulting in the stunning attack on the Lebanese terror group Tuesday, according to a new report.
Mossad agents reportedly placed Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), a highly explosive material, inside the batteries of the pagers, sources told Sky News Arabia, according to a translation from the Times of Israel.
The devices were then detonated by an external signal that caused the batteries inside to overheat, the sources added.
The complex operation resulted in a mass attack against Hezbollah operatives, killing nine people and leaving some 2,800 others injured when the pagers detonated on Tuesday morning across Lebanon and in parts of Syria.
Hezbollah confirmed that many of its fighters and medics were injured by the blasts, with one official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, calling it the “biggest security breach” since the group began its near-daily attacks on Israel on Oct. 8.
While Israel refused to comment on the attack, Hezbollah and Lebanese officials have blamed the Jewish State, with the terror group vowing revenge.
The devices that detonated were all the latest models acquired by Hezbollah in recent months and distributed to its members, three security sources told Reuters.
Through the use of malware, the devices could’ve seen their batteries overheat and trigger the explosives.
One Hezbollah official told the Wall Street Journal that some members felt their pagers heat up and disposed of them before they detonated.
