{"id":2342928,"date":"2024-09-18T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-details-emerge-on-pager-sabotage-that-left-hezbollah-members-broken-and-shattered\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T14:35:29","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:35:29","slug":"more-details-emerge-on-pager-sabotage-that-left-hezbollah-members-broken-and-shattered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-details-emerge-on-pager-sabotage-that-left-hezbollah-members-broken-and-shattered\/","title":{"rendered":"More Details Emerge on Pager Sabotage That Left Hezbollah Members Broken and Shattered"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmore-details-emerge-on-pager-sabotage-that-left-hezbollah-members-broken-and-shattered%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2342928&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-here-are-the-10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech\/\" title=\"Report: Here Are The 10 Worst Colleges For Free Speech\">recent incident<\/a> in Lebanon involved the simultaneous explosions of communications devices \u200ddistributed to members of the Hezbollah militant group. On Tuesday, pagers began detonating, resulting in\u200b hundreds to potentially thousands of injuries among \u200dHezbollah fighters. Investigations suggest that the pagers, manufactured under license by a\u200d Hungarian company, were tampered with to hide explosive charges that detonated upon receiving a specific activation message.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli security expert Osher Assor speculated that these devices were\u200d likely sabotaged in advance and had appeared\u2062 operational until the moment they exploded. The \u200cattack\u200c seemed to coincide with Hezbollah&#8217;s efforts to\u2064 upgrade their communications \u200btechnology, suggesting a \u200dlarger operational breach. \u2064Although many point towards Israel as the likely orchestrator of this unprecedented attack, Israeli authorities have not\u200c confirmed their\u200c involvement. The repercussions were severe, leading to significant injuries and fatalities among the group\u2019s members.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>More details have emerged surrounding the mass sabotage that saw countless communications devices distributed to Muslim radicals simultaneously explode.<\/p>\n<p>The situation unfolded Tuesday when pagers across Lebanon began exploding, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rise-of-the-chatbot-how-congress-and-the-white-house-responded-to-ai-in-2023\/\" title=\"Congress and the White House&#039;s reaction to AI in 2023: The chatbot revolution\">people quickly realized<\/a> the blasts were specifically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hezbollah-realizes-massive-security-breach-radicals-equipment-begins-exploding-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cutting down members of terror group Hezbollah<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of hundred of blast injuries soon turned into reports of thousands as the scale of the apparent operation became clear.<\/p>\n<p>The questions remain: How was an attack of this scale was pulled off, and who was behind it?<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/hezbollah-pagers-exploded-were-made-hungary-taiwanese-company-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, the pagers are a brand designed by Taiwanese company Gold Apollo.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The pagers that exploded in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hand-god-earthquake-strikes-syria-lebanon-day-attack-hezbollah-israel-anticipated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lebanon<\/a>, however, with model number AR-924, were not manufactured on the island of Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the devices were licensed to be produced by BAC Consulting KFT, a firm out of Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Fox News, Gold Apollo said it licensed the brand to the BAC Consulting KFT but left the product design and manufacturing up to the Hungarian company.<\/p>\n<p>Osher Assor, an Israeli security expert, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/new-details-in-hezbollah-pager-attack-point-to-supply-chain-breach-by-israel-8cd76a60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> that the devices were likely hiding explosive charges as lithium batteries will catch fire before they explode. Videos from Lebanon on Tuesday show many small blasts, but no fire.<\/p>\n<p>Assor speculated that the tampered pagers were in place well ahead of the attack and continued to function normally until the moment the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-hints-at-partnership-with-apple-on-iphone-14-satellite-connectivity\/\" title=\"Musk hints at partnership with Apple on iPhone 14 satellite connectivity\">devices received<\/a> a specific activation message.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The moment the specific message arrived, the devices were activated,&rdquo; Assor said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is unprecedented &mdash; both the size and the scale. We haven&rsquo;t seen something like that before.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Short of taking the pagers apart, there&rsquo;s little Hezbollah militants could have done to notice and address the sabotage. The rank-and-file members simply handed a pager never had a chance.<\/p>\n<p>The attack unfolded as Hezbollah was updating its forces&rsquo; technology. It&rsquo;s believed the tampered pagers came amid an order for thousands of new devices the radical group planned to replace its aging models with.<\/p>\n<p>Even a couple of grams of an explosive compound can cause the kind of damage seen across Lebanon this week.<\/p>\n<p>The blasts took eyes, limbs and lives of apparent Hezbollah fighters.<\/p>\n<p>Those who had malfunctioning devices or pagers with dead batteries were spared the initial wave of explosions.<\/p>\n<p>While all signs point to Israel, which has been fighting for its survival against the terror group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dems-cheering-hamas-hostage-details-unspeakable-crimes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a> and the organization&rsquo;s radical allies, including Hezbollah, Israeli authorities have not publicly claimed responsibility for the mass attack.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The incident occurred on Tuesday when pagers throughout Lebanon started exploding, leading to the realization that the blasts were targeting members of the terrorist organization Hezbollah. Initial reports of hundreds of injuries quickly escalated into thousands as the extent of this apparent operation became evident. Questions linger about how such a large-scale attack was executed and who orchestrated it. According to Fox News, the pagers involved are from a brand created by Taiwanese company Gold Apollo.<\/p>\n<p>However, these specific pagers, identified by model number AR-924, were not produced in Taiwan but were licensed for manufacture by BAC Consulting KFT, a company based in Budapest, Hungary. In a statement provided to Fox News, Gold Apollo confirmed that while they licensed their brand to BAC Consulting KFT, they allowed the Hungarian firm full control over product design and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli security expert Osher Assor told the Wall Street Journal that these devices likely contained hidden explosive charges since lithium batteries tend to ignite before exploding. Videos from Lebanon showed multiple small explosions without any accompanying fire. Assor speculated that these modified pagers had been strategically placed well before the attack and functioned normally until they received a specific activation signal: \u201cThe moment this particular message arrived, the devices were triggered,\u201d he stated. \u201cThis is unprecedented\u2014both in size and scale; we haven\u2019t witnessed anything like this before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah militants would have had little opportunity to detect or counteract this sabotage without disassembling their pagers; regular members simply received devices without any chance for inspection or awareness of potential issues. This attack coincided with Hezbollah&#8217;s efforts to upgrade its technology as it was reportedly ordering thousands of new devices intended as replacements for older models.<\/p>\n<p>Even small amounts of explosive material can inflict significant damage like what was observed across Lebanon recently\u2014resulting in severe injuries and fatalities among suspected Hezbollah fighters. Those with malfunctioning or dead battery-operated devices avoided being caught up in this initial wave of explosions.<\/p>\n<p>While all evidence points towards Israel\u2014given its ongoing conflict with Hamas and its radical allies including Hezbollah\u2014the Israeli government has not publicly acknowledged responsibility for this mass assault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2342929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Pager-Explosions.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[24658,32219,41160],"class_list":["post-2342928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-hezbollah","tag-middle-east-conflict","tag-pager-sabotage"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Pager-Explosions.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}