Israel carried out its operation against Hezbollah on Tuesday by hiding explosive material within a new batch of Taiwanese-made pagers imported into Lebanon, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation.

The pagers, which Hezbollah had ordered from Gold Apollo in Taiwan, had been tampered with before they reached Lebanon, according to some of the officials. Most were the company’s AP924 model, though three other Gold Apollo models were also included in the shipment.

The explosive material, as little as one to two ounces, was implanted next to the battery in each pager, two of the officials said. A switch was also embedded that could be triggered remotely to detonate the explosives.

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    2 months ago

    Canada in WWII basically invented a bunch of entirely new warcrimes

    There’s a reason Nazi Germany was terrified of Canadians and convinced they were demons sent from hell itself

    EDIT: Got which world war wrong. Nazi Germany feared Canada because of what Canada did in WWI