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Hezbolá culpa a Israel por las explosiones letales de dispositivos buscapersonas
September 18, 2024 - La agencia de espionaje Mossad de Israel plantó explosivos en 5.000 dispositivos buscapersonas importados por Hezbolá meses antes de su detonación en todo Líbano, causando la muerte de al menos 12 personas y lesionando a casi 3.000, según informes.
The blasts took place between 14:30pm and 16:30pm local time on Sep 17, where the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has a strong presence – the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh and the Bekaa valley, as well as Syria’s capital, Damascus.
Citing U.S. officials, the New York Times said that the operation was the result of a supply-chain hack, allowing the Mossad operatives to plant explosives into the pagers before they were sold on to Hezbollah.
Labels seen on fragments of exploded pagers point to a pager model called the Rugged Pager AR-924. But Taiwanese manufacturer Gold Apollo has denied any involvement with the explosions.
Gold Apollo founder Hsu Ching-Kuang said the pagers were made by a company in Europe that Gold Apollo named in a statement as BAC.
Israeli media reports suggest the operation was the result of a supply-chain hack, allowing the Mossad operatives to plant explosives into the pagers before they were sold on to Hezbollah.