Hezbollah pagers: How they were manipulated to explode and who is responsible?

The widespread explosion of pagers carried by Hezbollah members across Lebanon has killed 12 people, including two children. The attack injured nearly 3,000 others, some of whom were brought to Iran and Syria for treatment.

Hospital footage showed people with injuries involving various parts of the body including the face, missing fingers, and hip wounds where the pagers were presumably situated.

The Iran-backed group said in a statement it would continue supporting Hamas in Gaza, and warned Israel that it would respond to the pager attack.

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Hezbollah pagers: How they were manipulated to exploit and who is responsible?

Lebanese security sources told Reuters that Israel’s spy agency Mossad planted explosives inside pagers imported by Hezbollah months before the attack.

According to the source, the group ordered 5,000 pagers from Gold Apollo. Hezbollah fighters have been using pagers as a low-tech means to communicate to avoid Israel from tracking their location.

The Mossad reportedly injected a board inside the device which has explosive material. This mini-bomb then receives a code that would activate it. A coded message sent to the beepers triggered the explosions of about 3,000 units. Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad said the pagers rang before they exploded.

Another Reuters security source said the explosives were planted at the production level. The new pagers contained up to three grams of hidden explosives that Hezbollah did not detect for months.

Gold Apollo, a Taiwanese pager manufacturer, issued a statement saying it did not make the units used in the detonations in Lebanon. The company said the devices were made in Europe under license by a Budapest-based company called BAC.

Israel has not issued a statement on the explosion.