Just one day after pagers used by hundreds of members of millitant group Hezbollah exploded, more electronic devices detonated in Lebanon.
"A lithium ion battery fire is one thing, but I’ve never seen one explode like that. It looks like a small explosive charge,” Plitsas said. That raises the possibility Israel was aware of a shipment of pagers heading to Hezbollah and managed to modify the pagers b...
Speaking anonymously to Reuters, a Hezbollah official described the detonation of pagers as the ‘biggest security breach’ the group had faced after almost a year of war with Israel.
How did the pagers explode in Lebanon? Taiwanese company Gold Apollo said Wednesday that it had authorized the use of its trademarked branding on thepagers that exploded Tuesday, but it said the devices carried by Hezbollah members were manufactured and sold by Bac Consulting KFT — a company ...
At least 9 dead after pagers explode across Lebanon At least nine people died and over 2,750 others were injured after pager devices owned by members in various Hezbollah units exploded in a simultaneous attack on Tuesday, Lebanese officials said....
MORE: Thousands injured, several dead after pagers explode across Lebanon: Health officials The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was among those who had one of the pagers and was injured in an explosion Tuesday, according to the Iranian ambassador ...
The attacks killed at least 32 people and wounded another 3,000 as unsuspecting Hezbollah militants and others answered messages on their pagers and tried to carry on conversations on their walkie-talkies, only to have them explode in their hands. ...
Image:Mourners attend the funeral of people who were killed amid the detonation of pagers across Lebanon. Pic: Reuters As we made our way to the site of the explosion, people were running in the opposite direction. We saw a crying mother holding on to her young child ...
The decision was made to explode them before word spread and everyone got rid of their pagers, the source said.It was a “use it or lose it” moment, the source added. The pager attack was not meant to escalate the tensions with Lebanon but was a “surgical” strike on Hezbollah, th...
How did the pagers explode? As Lebanon reels from the attack, speculation has mounted on how low-tech wireless communication devices could have been exploited. Citing American and other officials briefed on the operation,the New York Times reportedTuesday that Israel hid explosives ...