Handheld radios explode in Lebanon, including at Hezbollah funeral
Israel i officials decided to detonate thousands of Hezbollah pagers early on Tuesday over worries that the terror group might have uncovered their plot, according to multiple reports.
The AR-924 pagers involved in the first wave of attacks were allegedly hijacked by Israel before they were imported to Lebanon,Thousands of Hezbollah’s handheld radios explode in second wave of remote-detonated attacks — killing 9, wounding 300 The booby-trapped pagers were then detonated by a sending a message impersonating the leaders of the group, officials told the Times.The walkie-talkies that were detonated on Wednesday morning were all ordered for the terror group about five months ago, around the same time as the deadly pagers.
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