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Explosões de pagers no Líbano infographic
A infografia mostra a localização das explosões e factos sobre as explosões de pagers do Hezbollá.
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Hezbollá acusa Israel pelas explosões mortíferas

By Jordi Bou

September 18, 2024 - A Mossad, agência de espionagem de Israel, terá plantado explosivos
dentro de 5.000 pagers importados pelo Hezbollah meses antes de
detonarem no Líbano, matando pelo menos 12 pessoas e ferindo 3.000.

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.

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PUBLISHED: 18/09/2024; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Newscom, Gold Apollo
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