Israel pager bomb plot was a DECADE in the making: Former Mossad agents reveal full scale and details of the plot that humiliated Hezbollah
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Two former Israeli intelligence officials have revealed how the plot to embed Hezbollah's walkie-talkies and pagers with explosives was 10 years in the making. Over two days in September, Israel detonated thousands of handheld communication devices used by the terror group killing at least 42 people, including 12 civilians, and injuring at least 4,000 people.
![[At least 42 people, including 12 civilians, were killed in the pager explosions in September]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/14/93426717-14221505-image-a-86_1734963742141.jpg)
Victims of the simultaneous explosions plot, which was carried out by Mossad and is understood to have been done on the orders of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lost limbs, hand and the use of their eyes. Two former Mossad agents told CBS news that Hezbollah unwittingly bought over 16,000 of the walkie-talkies 'at a good price' from a fake company it controlled that was named after a real Taiwanese company, Gold Apollo, over 10 years ago following an aggressive marketing campaign at the time, while around 5,000 pagers were bought around two years ago.
Hezbollah, which has long been an enemy of Israel, used the low-grade pieces of tech to communicate with their fighters in order to stave off intelligence gathering by its foes. One of the agents, who CBS called Gabriel, said: 'When they are buying from us, they have zero clue that they are buying from the Mossad. We make like [the movie] Truman Show, everything is controlled by us behind the scene.'.
![[Remnants of what is believed to be a pager carried by a Lebanese militant that detonated]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/10/06/09/90514505-13929423-image-a-6_1728202365233.jpg)
His fellow ex-Mossad officer, who CBS called Michael, added: 'We have an incredible array of possibilities of creating foreign companies that have no way being traced back to Israel. Shell companies over shell companies to affect the supply chain to our favour.
![[Explosions rocked Lebanon to its core in mid-September]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/10/06/09/90514493-13929423-image-a-2_1728202285500.jpg)
