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pager
a small radio receiver that beeps, vibrates, or flashes to alert the user to an incoming message which is usually displayed on a small screen
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Pagers explode across Lebanon, injuring dozens of people including Hezbollah members
Dozens of members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been
seriously wounded after pagers they use to communicate
exploded, security officials say.
Tuesday 17 September 2024 15:42, UK
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah previously warned the group's members not to carry mobile phones alleging Israel could use them to track their movements.
World News
What to know about the deadly pager explosions targeting Hezbollah
NEW YORK (AP) — In what appears to be
a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of miliant group Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria Tuesday,
killing at least 12 people — including two children — and wounding thousands more.
An American official said Israel briefed the U.S. on the operation — in which small amounts of explosive hidden in the pagers were detonated — on Tuesday after it was concluded. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the information publicly.
The Lebanese government and Iran-backed Hezbollah also blamed Israel for the deadly explosions, which targeted an extraordinary breadth of people and showed signs of being a long-planned operation. Details on how the attack was executed are largely uncertain and investigators have not immediately said how the pagers were detonated. The Israeli military has declined to comment.
Why were pagers used in the attack?
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah previously warned the group’s members not to carry cellphones, saying they could be used by Israel to track the group’s movements. As a result, the organization uses pagers to communicate.
Pagers also run on a different wireless network than mobile phones, which makes them more resilient in times of emergency. And for a group like Hezbollah, the pagers provided a means to sidestep what’s believed to be intensive Israeli electronic surveillance on mobile phone networks in Lebanon.
Smart phones carry a higher risk for intercepted communications in contrast to pagers’ simpler technology, explained Nicholas Reese, adjunct instructor at the Center for Global Affairs in New York University’s School of Professional Studies.
This type of attack will also force Hezbollah to change their communication strategies, said Reese, who previously worked as an intelligence officer, adding that survivors of Tuesday’s explosions are now likely to throw away “not just their pagers, but their phones, and leaving their tablets or any other electronic devices.”
Where did the pagers come from?
Taiwanese company Gold Apollo said Wednesday it had authorized use of its brand on the AR-924 pager model and a Budapest, Hungary-based company called BAC Consulting KFT produced and sold the pagers. BAC appears to be a shell company.
Gold Apollo’s chair, Hsu Ching-kuang, told journalists Wednesday that the firm has had a licensing agreement with BAC for the past three years. From the start of 2022 through August 2024, Gold Apollo has exported 260,000 sets of pagers — including more than 40,000 sets between January and August of this year, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs. The ministry said that it had no records of direct exports of Gold Apollo pagers to Lebanon.
Elijah J. Magnier, a Brussels-based veteran and a senior political risk analyst who says he has had conversations with members of Hezbollah and survivors of Tuesday’s attack, notes that Hezbollah has been using pagers since the 2006 war with Israel.
The newer brand of pagers used in Tuesday’s explosions, he added, were procured more than six months ago. How they arrived in Lebanon remains unclear.
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