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Pagers, beds and phones: Latest Lebanon attack in Israels history of bold covert ops

Wednesday, October 2

(LONDON) -- The unassuming pager took its place in the annals of Israeli covert operations history in September, when thousands of the credit card-sized devices served as tiny Trojan horses for explosive charges as they were held by likely Hezbollah operatives.The pager detonations in...

Israel had hand in manufacturing pagers that exploded in Lebanon: Source

Thursday, September 19

(NEW YORK) -- Israel had a hand in the manufacturing of pagers that exploded on Hezbollah operatives this week, with this type of "supply chain interdiction" operation having been planned for at least 15 years, a U.S. intelligence source confirmed to ABC News.The CIA...

What we know about the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria

Wednesday, September 18

(LONDON) -- Thousands of people were injured across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday by an Israeli covert operation that remotely detonated pagers, ABC News sources confirmed.A source described the attack as a "huge operation" that took between six and 12 months to plan, involving...

Nine dead, thousands injured after pagers explode across Lebanon: Health officials

Tuesday, September 17

(LONDON) -- At least nine people are dead and over 2,750 people were injured after pager devices owned by a large number of workers in various Hezbollah units and institutions exploded on Tuesday, according to Lebanese officials and the group.Hezbollah blamed Israel for the...