Lebanon Pager and Radio Explosions, Israel Conflict Escalation
Lebanon experienced a series of coordinated explosions involving thousands of pagers and handheld radios used by Hezbollah members, resulting in dozens of deaths and thousands of injuries. Investigations suggest that PETN explosives were integrated into the supply chain of Taiwanese Gold Apollo pagers and Japanese ICOM radios. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant praised the results of the operation as the conflict shifts focus toward the Lebanese border.
lebanon· hezbollah· israel· pagers· icom· petn· mossad· beirut
00:00 Hey babe, just give me a call on my page or I'll meet ya. in our freak-off and broadcasting live from the heart of the Texas Hill Country here in FEMA, region number six. In the morning, everybody. I'm Adam Curry. And from Northern Silicon Valley where everybody agrees it's Trump's fault. I'm John C. Dvorak. It's Crackpot and Buzzkill. In the morning. I love the, uh, the nose blow was pretty good. Well-timed. Yeah, timed well. Hey, I've got good news and bad news.
00:45 Yeah? Yeah. Shall I give you the bad news first? As long as the good news isn't, quote, that's all the bad news there is. No, no, the bad news is World War III is underway. The good news, it's asymmetrical warfare. It's drones and devices. This is a whole... no one expected this. We all thought nukes, like, oh it's gonna be nuclear. No! No! This is... I mean, it's... first of all, it's humorous. Second, it's obviously very sad. Well, in a very sick way. In a very sick way. It's a very sick way it's humorous. It's very sad, of course.
01:30 I wonder how many people really want to still upgrade to the iPhone 16 at this point. It gives you some things to think about. Now I'm feeling really good about the phone in the drawer. Or how about your iCom or Belfang? These are not good devices to have anymore. Or apparently your solar installation. This is, here's TRT who I think have been doing the best reporting on this. Lebanon has been rocked by a second wave of blasts, this time linked to handheld radios. Smoke rises in Sedan in South Lebanon. It's just one of multiple blasts in different parts of the country, including here at this phone shop. The new
02:17 wave of explosions comes a day after thousands of pages used by Hasbulla members exploded, killing a dozen people and wounding thousands. At least one of the blasts took place near a funeral held for several people who were killed on Tuesday in Beirut. Here, ambulance forced to break up mourners. Two solar panel systems have reportedly exploded, leading to small fires that were extinguished. Hospitals are inundated and the public have been called on to give blood. This is incredible. Solar installations, handheld radios, pagers. This is new. This was not expected.
03:00 It wasn't expected but it has been tested. Well in 96 they actually killed some guy with a cell phone. Well we've had that actually I went back and looked in our archives. It wasn't quite the same but we we were joking about it then if you remember. Do you remember this jingle? The laptop of doom you remember that no I don't it was it was let me see episode 797 I think this was good goodness. This is a long time ago I pulled the clip, but they also found the laptop that was responsible for it very very worried The device that investigators believe was the explosive device was actually a laptop
03:49 Oh no. You know what's coming. Kind of an explosive device either inside the laptop or it was a laptop bomb. So it was inside the laptop. But this is like MI6 CIA Mossad level stuff. Definitely. France 24 had, I found the best report of tracing back the pagers. I really looked around and everybody had something and you know, I love all this. Where did they take it to? Oh, well, listen. The simultaneous explosions of thousands of Hezbollah pagers and other communication devices raised many questions, and some of those are starting to get answers. On the method used, a Lebanese security official told the AFP that explosives were inserted in the devices, P-E-N-T.
04:39 This material is very powerful, yet relatively easy to conceal. It's believed a few grams of PETN were integrated along with a circuit board into the pager. The model used is an AR-924 from Taiwanese brand Gold Apollo. The company immediately denied being involved. It said a factory based in Budapest, BAC Consulting, was authorized to manufacture the pagers. But there is no factory nor warehouse at the company's address. The Hungarian government confirms BAC is a trading intermediary with no manufacturing or operational site in Hungary. The quote reference devices have never been in Hungary. The company created two years ago has one employee, its general manager. The walkie-talkies that were targeted on Wednesday have
05:35 the logo of a Japanese brand, ICOM, but the company said it stopped producing the model 10 years ago. As far as who is behind these attacks, the operating mode and the target point to one country, Israel, although it has not claimed responsibility. Now that's pretty deep, man. Well, yeah, I've heard all that, but I still don't see why it all points to Israel. Well, because the Jews are responsible for everything. What are you talking about? We know this. I'm just not saying unless they come up with something a little more substantial than these, you know, non-existent factory. I have two clips from NTD on this that might be doesn't really add any more, but it's a different perspective slightly.
06:28 For the second day in a row, explosions ripped across Lebanon as Hezbollah's handheld radios exploded. At least 14 people were killed and hundreds were injured. And today's Jason Perry has the details. Chaos filled the streets of Lebanon for a second day in a row as another wave of electronic devices exploded throughout the country. This time, Hezbollah two-way radios exploded, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 450, according to Lebanon's health ministry. A Lebanese doctor shared his experience taking care of the injured. Of course, since patients began arriving yesterday, we saw the extent of the damage and wounds.
07:13 We were working nonstop. I took my first break after 5 a.m. here in the office, and now I came back in the morning. And an electronic store owner in Lebanon shared his concerns about not knowing what could happen next. We had some devices here that we believed were 100% safe, but out of caution, we removed them from the store because we got worried. A Lebanese woman said she was not shaken by the second day of explosions throughout the country. For sure, we are not afraid. We are devoted to the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, and we stand with the resistance. Everything happening now is nothing compared to what we are willing to endure for him. My family, my children, and my husband are all devoted to him. Israel has not claimed responsibility, but many think it's behind the recent explosions in Lebanon. Israel's defense minister said this on Wednesday.
08:07 I think that when you look at the current picture, the Israel Defense Forces have made excellent achievements together with the Shin Bet Security Service and the Mossad, with all their units and organizations, and the results are very impressive. I think that kind of implies that they did it or taking credit for it. That's... You know, I don't know about that. Good result, but I don't know about it. I don't see this being much of a problem. And then there's this woman going on about the dedication to the head of Hezbollah as though he's a god, which is something screwy.
08:47 Yeah, this is a very interesting development. I have to say this played part two of this. He also said the war is entering a new phase and that Israel is now shifting its focus to the Lebanese border. Also on Wednesday, the Israeli Air Force struck several Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. Nearly 100,000 residents in northern Israel have been displaced from their homes because of the attacks from the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group. On Wednesday Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will return the citizens of the north to their home safely. Oh Hmm, I doubt that this will end anything and and notice we've got wooded No, we've completely shifted away from Gaza Gaza. Just is no longer important now. It's Lebanon you know that of course is the is the shifting of the focus of
