Israel carried out its operation against Hezbollah on Tuesday by hiding explosive material within a new batch of Taiwanese-made pagers imported into Lebanon, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation.

The pagers, which Hezbollah had ordered from Gold Apollo in Taiwan, had been tampered with before they reached Lebanon, according to some of the officials. Most were the company’s AP924 model, though three other Gold Apollo models were also included in the shipment.

The explosive material, as little as one to two ounces, was implanted next to the battery in each pager, two of the officials said. A switch was also embedded that could be triggered remotely to detonate the explosives.

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    • @assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•9 hours ago

      I agree, but they probably could’ve worded it better. The pagers were meant for Hezbollah but that doesn’t mean they exclusively went to Hezbollah.

      • @nonailsleft@lemm.eeEnglish
        -2•7 hours ago

        So true. Could you imagine being in Hezbollah and not giving your personal Hezbollah-issued one-way pager away to someone else?

        • @assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4•5 hours ago

          It depends a lot on how the pagers are distributed. Is it a batch that was carefully delivered to only Hezbollah members? Is that where all the pagers from that batch went?

          It’s not like the pagers are stamped with “for Hezbollah only”. I’m concerned how they were all distributed.