BEIRUT: Israel's Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's (Sep 17) detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source

The company said that the design and manufacturing of the pagers were handled by a Hungary-based company called BAC.

Thousands were wounded in a simultaneous explosive strike across Lebanon on Tuesday.

Gold Apollo says it only licensed out its brand to the company and was not involved in the production of the devices.

Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said Wednesday that its brand of pager that exploded in Lebanon and Syria were made by another company based in Hungary.

Israel’s spy service injected explosive materials activated by coded messages into thousands of pagers during production, months before they were imported by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, a senior Lebanese…

The company, Gold Apollo, said it had not manufactured the devices, pointing to another company that it said was licensed to use its brand.

A senior Lebanese security source told Reuters that Hezbollah had ordered 5,000 pagers from Taiwan-based Gold Apollo months before the Tuesday explosions. Images of destroyed pagers showed a format and stickers on the back that were consistent with pagers made by Gold Apollo.

A senior Lebanese security source told Reuters that Hezbollah had ordered 5,000 pagers from Taiwan-based Gold Apollo

Israel's Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters. The operation was an unprecedented Hezbollah security breach that saw thousands of pagers detonate across Lebanon, killing nine people and wounding nearly…

The devices are thought to have been planted with explosives before going off across Lebanon, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3000 others.

Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5,000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters.

Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters.

Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters. The operation was an unprecedented Hezbollah security breach that saw thousands of pagers detonate across Lebanon, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others, including the group’s […]

Small amounts of explosive were implanted in beepers that Hezbollah had ordered from a Taiwanese company, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation.