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Former Israeli spy agents describe attack using exploding electronic devices against Hezbollah

WASHINGTON — Two recently retired senior Israeli intelligence agents shared new details about a deadly clandestine operation years in the making that targeted Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Syria using exploding pagers and walkie talkies three months ago. One agent said the operation started 10 years ago using walkie-talkies laden with hidden explosives, which Hezbollah didn’t realize it was buying …

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Ex-Mossad agents reveal details of plan used to target Hezbollah through pagers

India Today

Two recently retired senior Israeli intelligence agents shared new details about a deadly clandestine operation years in the making that targeted Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Syria using exploding pagers and walkie talkies three months ago. One agent said the operation started 10 years ago using walkie-talkies laden with hidden explosives, which Hezbollah didn't realize it was buying from Israel, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

In first official confirmation, Israel says Netanyahu approved Hezbollah pager attack

Firstpost

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved a series of pager attacks that struck a deadly blow to the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in September, according to a report, citing Omer Dostri, spokesperson for Netanyahu’ office Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved a series of pager attacks that struck a deadly blow to the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in September, according …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Netanyahu confirms he okayed Lebanon pager attacks that killed 40 and injured 3,000 people

The Independent

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1 month, 1 week ago

Taiwanese firms didn't make Hezbollah's exploding pagers, say prosecutors

Firstpost

Prosecutors have concluded that Taiwanese firms did not make Lebanon-based Hezbollah’s pagers that exploded across the nation in Israeli attack in September Pagers on display at a meeting room at the Gold Apollo company building in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on September 18, 2024. Reuters Taiwan on Monday said it had closed a probe into pagers that exploded in Lebanon …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Netanyahu says he approved Hezbollah pager blasts that killed 40 in Lebanon

Hindustan Times

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he approved the pager attack on the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in September, which killed nearly 40 people and injured nearly 3,000. The Israeli PM's spokesperson Omer Dostri told AFP,"Netanyahu confirmed Sunday that he greenlighted the pager operation in Lebanon." Lebanon files complaint with UN Netanyahu's first public admission about the pager …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Netanyahu admits Israel's role in Lebanon pager attacks that killed nearly 40

India Today

In a first, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday admitted that Israel was behind the pager attack on the hideouts of Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah in September, killing nearly 40 terrorists and injuring over 3,000. "Netanyahu confirmed Sunday that he greenlighted the pager operation in Lebanon," Netanyahu's spokesperson Omer Dostri told news agency AFP. In a cabinet meeting on …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s Netanyahu acknowledges pager attack, says he sees ‘eye-to-eye’ with Trump on Iran

CNN

CNN — Israel has for the first time confirmed that it was behind the operation in September to detonate hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Israeli media on Sunday reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet: “The beeper operation and the elimination of Nasrallah were launched despite the opposition of senior officials in the security …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Netanyahu approved pager operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon: Reports

India TV News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that he greenlighted a deadly pager attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to reports. Netanyahu's spokesperson Omer Dostri said, "Netanyahu confirmed Sunday that he greenlighted the pager operation in Lebanon." The pagers and walkie-talkies blew up across Lebanon for two consecutive days on September 17 and 18 in what may be called …

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Lebanon files complaint against Israel at U.N. over deadly pager explosions

LA Times

Lebanon filed a complaint against Israel at the U.N.’s labor organization over the string of deadly attacks involving exploding pagers, saying workers were among those killed and injured, a Lebanese government minister said Wednesday. Lebanese Labor Minister Moustafa Bayram and other officials said he traveled to Geneva and formally filed the complaint Tuesday against Israel at the International Labor Organization, …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Norway issues wanted notice for man connected to exploding pagers in Lebanon

Associated Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norway issued an international wanted notice on Thursday for a man linked to a Bulgaria-based company that may have been involved in the dissemination of exploding electronic devices to the militant Hezbollah group that killed dozens and wounded thousands in Lebanon last week. “We have on behalf of the Oslo police sent out an international wanted notice …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Norway issues wanted notice for man connected to exploding pagers in Lebanon

The Independent

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Taiwan provides update on its investigation into Lebanon’s exploding pagers

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Israeli military conducting 'extensive' strikes in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah launched ballistic missile

ABC

The Israeli military says it is currently conducting extensive strikes in southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekka Valley. Hezbollah launches ballistic missile strike Photo shows Flashes of light in a row in the sky coming out of the ground Hezbollah said on Wednesday that it had fired a ballistic missile targeting Mossad's headquarters. The Israeli military said it hit more …

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3 months ago

Why did American company block its website after Lebanon pager explosions?

Firstpost

Media reports haven’t mentioned pager-maker Golden Sab, which does business as Digital Paging Company with Gold Apollo and supplies to the US military Twelve people, including Hezbollah operatives, were killed and 2,800 others wounded in a series of synchronised pager explosions by the Mossad, Unit 8200 and the IDF in Lebanon on Tuesday. https://t.co/s9rJXNyTYJ pic.twitter.com/GwRv7WwfKn — BigBreakingWire September 18, 2024 …

3 months ago

Iran MP Says Ex-President Raisi Used Pager, Claims Its Explosion Crashed Chopper

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Iranian member of parliament Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani hinted that a pager, similar to the ones used to target Hezbollah in Lebanon, exploded inside the chopper of former Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in May leading it to crash. “One likely scenario regarding the deadly helicopter crash that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi is the explosion of his pager,” Ardestani told Iranian …

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3 months ago

British-educated businesswoman at centre of exploding pager plot is in hiding under the guard of Hungarian secret services, her mother says

Daily Mail

The businesswoman linked to thousands of deadly pagers which exploded in Lebanon and Syria this week is in hiding, guarded by the Hungarian secret services, her mother has claimed. Ms Bársony-Arcidiacono's mother Beatrix, who lives in Catania, Sicily, told MailOnline her daughter had received unspecified 'threats' and was now 'somewhere safe protected by agents of the Hungarian government'. Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono …

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3 months ago

Did Middle East device attack violate international law? Advocates want an investigation

Associated Press

GENEVA — Human rights advocates are calling for an independent investigation into the deadly explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon and Syria, suggesting the blasts may have violated international law if the devices were fashioned as booby traps. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which aims to help protect civilians and other noncombatants in conflict and aims to …

3 months ago

Lebanese people terrified of using their phones and laptops following deadly pager attacks

The Independent

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3 months ago

Woman whose company was linked to exploding pagers in Lebanon has received threats, her mother says

Associated Press

ROME — The woman whose company was linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria in an attack on Hezbollah this week has received unspecified “threats” in the days since and has been advised by the Hungarian secret services “not to talk to media,” her mother told The Associated Press on Friday. Beatrix Bársony-Arcidiacono said by phone …

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3 months ago

Are our smartphones safe after pagers are turned into bombs?

Daily Mail

The coordinated explosion of thousands of pagers and radios used by members of Hezbollah across Lebanon and Syria earlier this week marked a new dawn of clandestine warfare. Experts have speculated that Israeli agents were able to booby- trap Hezbollah's pagers and radios by inserting a small quantity of high explosives into their internal workings. The details of the feat …

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3 months ago

The new frontier of terror… could our PHONES be used against us? As pagers and walkie-talkies are turned into bombs, experts reveal whether your smartphone is safe

Daily Mail

LISTEN: 90 Seconds to Midnight is The Mail's new podcast examining how close we are to Doomsday. On Wednesday, radios and walkie-talkies, like the one pictured in the hand of the man standing over the victim here, also exploded A photo taken on September 18, 2024, in Beirut's southern suburbs shows the remains of exploded pagers on display at an …

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3 months ago

Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon As Hezbollah Leader Says Exploding Device Attacks Crossed 'All Red Lines'

ABP News

The Israeli Defence Forces carried out intense airstrike in southern Lebanon late on Thursday after being accused of devising pager and walkie-talkie explosions that killed 37 people and wounded about 3,000 in the country. In the Thursday operation, Israeli jets struck hundreds of multiple rocket-launcher barrels in over two hours in southern Lebanon that were set to be fired immediately …

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3 months ago

Exploding pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon raise questions over laws of war

ABC

Pens, toys and cigars have all been used as booby traps in past conflicts around the world to harm or kill unsuspecting targets. "There is one very strict view, which is favoured by some militaries, that only if the device is specifically produced as a booby trap that it would be prohibited," Professor Saul said. "The purpose of international humanitarian …

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Former Israeli spy agents describe attack using exploding electronic devices against Hezbollah

Ex-Mossad agents reveal details of plan used to target Hezbollah through pagers

In first official confirmation, Israel says Netanyahu approved Hezbollah pager attack

Netanyahu confirms he okayed Lebanon pager attacks that killed 40 and injured 3,000 people

Taiwanese firms didn't make Hezbollah's exploding pagers, say prosecutors

Netanyahu says he approved Hezbollah pager blasts that killed 40 in Lebanon

Netanyahu admits Israel's role in Lebanon pager attacks that killed nearly 40

Israel’s Netanyahu acknowledges pager attack, says he sees ‘eye-to-eye’ with Trump on Iran

Netanyahu approved pager operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon: Reports

Lebanon files complaint against Israel at U.N. over deadly pager explosions

Norway issues wanted notice for man connected to exploding pagers in Lebanon

Norway issues wanted notice for man connected to exploding pagers in Lebanon

Taiwan provides update on its investigation into Lebanon’s exploding pagers

Israeli military conducting 'extensive' strikes in southern Lebanon after Hezbollah launched ballistic missile

Why did American company block its website after Lebanon pager explosions?

Iran MP Says Ex-President Raisi Used Pager, Claims Its Explosion Crashed Chopper

British-educated businesswoman at centre of exploding pager plot is in hiding under the guard of Hungarian secret services, her mother says

Did Middle East device attack violate international law? Advocates want an investigation

Lebanese people terrified of using their phones and laptops following deadly pager attacks

Woman whose company was linked to exploding pagers in Lebanon has received threats, her mother says

Are our smartphones safe after pagers are turned into bombs?

The new frontier of terror… could our PHONES be used against us? As pagers and walkie-talkies are turned into bombs, experts reveal whether your smartphone is safe

Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon As Hezbollah Leader Says Exploding Device Attacks Crossed 'All Red Lines'

Exploding pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon raise questions over laws of war