The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse. The post How Israel built a modern-day Trojan horse: Exploding pagers appeared first on Boston.

Hezbollah utilizes pagers to bypass Israeli surveillance, as they pose lower interception risks. Recent explosions in Lebanon, likely caused by sabotaged devices, resulted in casualties and heightened tensions,

At around 3:30 in the afternoon on Tuesday, the pagers across Lebanon began beeping, delivering a message from Hezbollah leadership to their operatives through a chorus of chimes, melodies, and buzzes.