CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: More details of the shocking pager blasts that shocked the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group have come to light. Israel’s Mossad is said to have executed the sophisticated operation although Tel Aviv has not claimed responsibility. Over 3,000 people were hurt and at least 12 were killed on Tuesday when pagers used by Hezbollah members across the country exploded.
While Hezbollah imported thousands of pagers hoping to evade Israeli surveillance, Mossad used the same to land a critical blow to the Iran-backed organisation. The details of the operation were elaborated by a New York Times report quoting several intelligence sources linked to the players involved in the conflict.
The AR-924 pagers that exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday were manufactured and sold by Hungarian firm BAC Consulting KFT. Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo had authorized the use of its trademarked branding on the pagers manufactured and sold by BAC in certain regions.
Following the blast, the CEO and founder of Gold Apollo Hsu Ching-kuan claimed that BAC had used a Middle Eastern bank account to transfer funds. This raised questions as to why a company headquartered in Europe’s Budapest would use a Middle Eastern bank account for the said transactions.