Taiwanese company Gold Apollo says a company in Europe made the pagers used in extraordinary attack in Lebanon that Hezbollah blames on Israel
Medical staff tend to the wounded in Beirut after pagers used by Hezbollah to communicate exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday. Taiwanese manufacturer Gold Apollo said a separate company in Europe made the items using its brand.Medical staff tend to the wounded in Beirut after pagers used by Hezbollah to communicate exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday. Taiwanese manufacturer Gold Apollo said a separate company in Europe made the items using its brand.
The blasts appeared to exploit the low-tech pagers that Hezbollah has adopted in order to prevent the targeted assassinations of its members, who could be tracked by mobile phone signals. Those wounded in the attack include Iran’s ambassador to Beirut, Mojtaba Amani, according to reports. The pagers exploded in southern Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut known as Dahiyeh and the eastern Bekaa Valley – all Hezbollah strongholds.
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