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Israeli intelligence has long eyed an attack using explosives-rigged communication devices, a US source has claimed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Israeli intelligence services have been contemplating an operation along the lines of this week\u2019s mass explosions of Hezbollah electronic devices for at least 15 years, a US intelligence source has told ABC News.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people were injured in Lebanon by a series of blasts linked to pagers, walkie-talkies, and other equipment used by the militant group. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the incident, although media reports have widely described it as a Mossad plot that involved rigging the gadgets with remotely-triggered explosive charges.<\/p>\n

Speaking to ABC News, a US source called it a \u201csupply chain interdiction,\u201d<\/em> adding that the CIA has long been reluctant to employ similar tactics due to the risk of collateral damage. In Lebanon, children were among some two dozen people killed in the attack, which also left many victims mutilated.<\/p>\n

The New York Times previously reported that the supply of sabotaged devices started in the summer of 2023, citing multiple officials familiar with the operation.<\/p>\n

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The ABC News report suggested that BAC Consulting, a Hungarian-based firm subcontracted by Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Gold Apollo to produce pagers for Hezbollah, was an Israeli front.<\/p>\n

The devices were never in Hungary and BAC was \u201ca trading intermediary, with no manufacturing or operational site\u201d<\/em> in the country, a government spokesperson told the outlet.<\/p>\n

The administration of Taiwan has distanced the self-ruled Chinese island from the wave of violence in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe components are [mainly] low-end IC [integrated circuits] and batteries,\u201d<\/em> Economy Minister Kuo Jyh-huei told reporters on Friday, as quoted by Reuters. \u201cI can say with certainty they were not made in Taiwan.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Beirut and the Hezbollah leadership have blamed Israel for the incident and have declared that Lebanon is now in a state of war with its neighbor.<\/p>\n

The Israel Defense Forces intensified cross-border attacks on Thursday, in what observers fear may be a prelude for a major ground invasion. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday announced a \u201cnew phase in the war\u201d<\/em> with the militant movement. An Israeli commando division previously involved in military action in Gaza has moved to the north amid the sharpening tensions.<\/p>\n

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Israel launched large-scale military action in Lebanon in 1982 \u2013 leading to a three-year partial occupation and the rise of Hezbollah as a prominent military and political force \u2013 and again in 2006, in what turned out to be a month-long incursion.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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