Comment on Hezbollah's deadly pagers were sourced from a Taiwanese company and contained explosive material planted by Israel: reports

Hezbollah's deadly pagers were sourced from a Taiwanese company and contained explosive material planted by Israel: reports

Iranian sources claimed they've given their Hezbollah ally electromagnetic pulse weapons designed to fry communications networks and electrical grids.Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Getty ImagesHezbollah's exploding pagers were sourced from a Taiwanese company, officials told NYT and Reuters.Both outlets reported that Israel also planted the pagers with small amounts of explosives.Gold Apollo, the Taiwanese company named, denied on Wednesday that it manufactured the pagers.Thousands of Hezbollah-owned pagers that detonated in unison on Tuesday were made in Taiwan and had been tampered with by Israel, according to multiple reports.The wireless beeper explosions, now widely considered an unusual and audacious attack on the Iran-backed militant group, raise serious questions about Hezbollah's security.

 

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