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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks Part of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) Remnants of a Hezbollah pager that exploded on 17 September 2024 Location Lebanon and Syria Date 17–18 September 2024 Target Hezbollah members Weapons Booby-trapped pagers (Day 1) Booby-trapped walkie ...
Hundreds of pagers carried by Hezbollah members in Lebanon blew up nearly simultaneously on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack that surpasses a series of covert assassinations and cyber-attacks in ...
In February 2024, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, told the group's members to use pagers instead of cell phones, claiming that Israel had infiltrated their cell phone network. [30] [31] Hezbollah then bought a new brand of pagers, Gold Apollo AR924 models, which were recently imported into Lebanon. [12] [32] [33]
Pagers pre-date mobile phones, having been widely used in the 1980s and 1990s. They are a one-way communications device, allowing people to send a short message via radio signal to the pager ...
Wireless pagers used by Iran-backed Hezbollah members mysteriously detonated around Lebanon, killing at least eight people and injuring nearly 3,000 more, including scores of militants, ...
That raises the possibility Israel was aware of a shipment of pagers heading to Hezbollah and managed to modify the pagers before delivery, he said. Another possibility is an electronic pulse “that was sent from afar and burned the devices and caused their explosion,” said Yehoshua Kalisky, a scientist and senior researcher at the Institute ...
The use of pagers has become increasingly common for the members of Hezbollah. The group ordered over 3,000 pagers from Gold Apollo, The New York Times reported , citing unnamed officials.
W hen thousands of pagers and other wireless devices simultaneously exploded across Lebanon and parts of Syria this week, killing at least 15 people and injuring thousands more, it exposed what ...