Even though thousands of Lebanese civilians ended up becoming injured or killed as a result, Israel reportedly hid explosive material within a batch of pagers imported into Lebanon. The devices, known as AP-924, were apparently intercepted by Israel before reaching their final destination.
Officials say as little as one or two ounces of the explosive material was implanted next to the battery in each pager. A remote switch then activated the explosions with a simple message that was sent to each device pretending to be from Hezbollah leaders.
Israeli cybersecurity analyst and Tel Aviv University research Keren Elazeri is referenced in the Times piece as having called the attacks an act of military precision that "targeted Hezbollah where they were most vulnerable."
??Lebanese sources: Hundreds of pager devices exploded, causing hundreds of injuries. These explosions are the result of a breach. pic.twitter.com/RRbwOQ3adM
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Global trade at risk of collapse due to Israeli attack
Because of all the confusion surrounding who actually made the pagers and who, specifically, intercepted and modified them with explosives, the world is in a tizzy over how to respond.
Gold Apollo, the Taiwanese electronic company whose name is on the pagers – Gold Apollo denies actually manufacturing them, though – is suddenly underwater. Its CEO is planning to sue Israel for damaging, if not completely destroying, his business.
Global trade in general is also on the rocks as the business world is rattled over the possibility of even more consumer electronics being shipped out that possibly contain hidden explosives.
"The idea that Israel can intercept such shipments and plant explosives in basic communication devices which they can blow up at any moment should shock the world," says Chris Menahan from Information Liberation.
In the comments, someone else wrote that "heads should roll" in Taiwan, just as they should in Israel, for allowing or facilitating this act of terror to happen.
"This didn't happen without the help of some powerful entities in Taiwan, maybe even the U.S.," this person added.
"Those nations against Zionism, against Nazism, need to punish Taiwan economically. STOP doing business with those doing business with Zionist Israel. This is a lesson to those fighting for freedoms, know who you are doing business with and be alarmed when you are dealing with so called 'democracies.'"
Many others agreed that this is a clear act of terror by Israel, which claims to use "precision" in its military operations. Exploding pagers, last we checked, is not exactly a precision weapon, especially when innocent people, including children, get injured or killed in the fallout.
"People of the world: Now there should be no doubt who planted the explosives in the World Trade Center buildings on 9/11," wrote another. "We are in the month of September with mysterious explosions going off!"
Another blasted Taiwan for harboring the kind of corruption that would allow for such a scenario to unfold.
"Their yank puppet regime needs to be wiped out as soon as possible," this person wrote.
"This terror act is dirty," said another, warning that global trade will tank in the coming days. "It is an incitement of more conflicts. It will also affect commerce."
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