Former Mossad Operatives Disclose Information on ‘exploding pagers’ Incident
Two ex-senior Mossad agents shared insights with CBS about a ten-year operation that led to the 'exploding pagers' attack. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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The operation was in the works for more than a decade, two former Israeli intelligence officials told CBS.
The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad has reportedly been preparing for an operation that led to the explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies throughout Lebanon in September. This information was shared by two recently retired senior agents who purportedly led the initiative, according to CBS.
According to CBS sources, Mossad initially focused on walkie-talkies, creating a battery that housed an explosive device. They infiltrated the supply chain using a network of shell companies to obfuscate their involvement.
“We create a pretend world. We are a global production company: We write the screenplay, we’re the directors, we’re the producers, we’re the main actors,” one former agent stated. Eventually, the operatives succeeded in selling over 16,000 of these explosive walkie-talkies to the militant group Hezbollah.
Mossad then turned its attention to devices that Hezbollah members would carry “at all times.” This led to the development of explosive pagers in 2022. The former agents revealed that numerous tests were conducted to pinpoint the precise amount of explosives required to injure a pager user while minimizing collateral damage.
The devices crafted by Mossad were designed without intelligence capabilities, making them unsuitable for tracking or surveillance. “There’s almost no way how to tap it,” one operative noted, emphasizing that the pagers were essentially just small bombs.
Mossad learned that Hezbollah was acquiring such devices from a Taiwan-based company named Gold Apollo. To facilitate their plan, the agency established more shell companies, including one in Hungary, to manipulate Gold Apollo into cooperation without revealing their intentions. Mossad fully produced the pagers, which were then distributed through a licensed partnership with Gold Apollo.
The agency even employed the company’s sales representative who dealt with Hezbollah to promote their offering. They orchestrated a widespread fake advertising campaign on platforms like YouTube, including phony online testimonials endorsing the quality of their pagers.
“When [Hezbollah] are buying from us, they have zero clue that they are buying from the Mossad. We make like the ‘Truman Show,’ everything is controlled by us behind the scene,” one former agent remarked. By September 2024, Hezbollah had reportedly acquired about 5,000 pagers, as per CBS.
All these efforts were designed to intimidate and undermine their adversaries, admitted the former agents. "We want them to feel vulnerable, which they are,” a former Mossad operative commented. Another indicated that the agency intended for those affected by the operation to serve as a living warning to Israel’s opponents.
“Those people without hands and eyes are living proof, walking in Lebanon, of ‘don't mess with us’,” he told CBS. The attacks on September 17 resulted in at least 42 deaths, including 12 civilians, and injured over 3,500 people, including women and children. For months, West Jerusalem denied any involvement in the incidents until Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took responsibility in mid-November.
The operation faced widespread international backlash, with UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Turk describing it as a “shocking” and “unacceptable” violation of human rights laws. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov labeled it a “glaring example of terrorist methods” during a speech at the UN General Assembly in September.
Lucas Dupont contributed to this report for TROIB News
The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad has reportedly been preparing for an operation that led to the explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies throughout Lebanon in September. This information was shared by two recently retired senior agents who purportedly led the initiative, according to CBS.
According to CBS sources, Mossad initially focused on walkie-talkies, creating a battery that housed an explosive device. They infiltrated the supply chain using a network of shell companies to obfuscate their involvement.
“We create a pretend world. We are a global production company: We write the screenplay, we’re the directors, we’re the producers, we’re the main actors,” one former agent stated. Eventually, the operatives succeeded in selling over 16,000 of these explosive walkie-talkies to the militant group Hezbollah.
Mossad then turned its attention to devices that Hezbollah members would carry “at all times.” This led to the development of explosive pagers in 2022. The former agents revealed that numerous tests were conducted to pinpoint the precise amount of explosives required to injure a pager user while minimizing collateral damage.
The devices crafted by Mossad were designed without intelligence capabilities, making them unsuitable for tracking or surveillance. “There’s almost no way how to tap it,” one operative noted, emphasizing that the pagers were essentially just small bombs.
Mossad learned that Hezbollah was acquiring such devices from a Taiwan-based company named Gold Apollo. To facilitate their plan, the agency established more shell companies, including one in Hungary, to manipulate Gold Apollo into cooperation without revealing their intentions. Mossad fully produced the pagers, which were then distributed through a licensed partnership with Gold Apollo.
The agency even employed the company’s sales representative who dealt with Hezbollah to promote their offering. They orchestrated a widespread fake advertising campaign on platforms like YouTube, including phony online testimonials endorsing the quality of their pagers.
“When [Hezbollah] are buying from us, they have zero clue that they are buying from the Mossad. We make like the ‘Truman Show,’ everything is controlled by us behind the scene,” one former agent remarked. By September 2024, Hezbollah had reportedly acquired about 5,000 pagers, as per CBS.
All these efforts were designed to intimidate and undermine their adversaries, admitted the former agents. "We want them to feel vulnerable, which they are,” a former Mossad operative commented. Another indicated that the agency intended for those affected by the operation to serve as a living warning to Israel’s opponents.
“Those people without hands and eyes are living proof, walking in Lebanon, of ‘don't mess with us’,” he told CBS. The attacks on September 17 resulted in at least 42 deaths, including 12 civilians, and injured over 3,500 people, including women and children. For months, West Jerusalem denied any involvement in the incidents until Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took responsibility in mid-November.
The operation faced widespread international backlash, with UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Turk describing it as a “shocking” and “unacceptable” violation of human rights laws. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov labeled it a “glaring example of terrorist methods” during a speech at the UN General Assembly in September.
Lucas Dupont contributed to this report for TROIB News
