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Israel's Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside 5,000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters.
Encrypted pagers used by Hezbollah and their sponsors in Lebanon and Syria simultaneously started exploding on September 17.
Hundreds of pagers blew up at approximately the same time across Lebanon yesterday, killing at least nine people, including an 8-year-old girl, and wounding more than 2,700, according to the health minister.
Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded near simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of Syria on Tuesday, wounding members of the militant group Hezbollah, the Iranian ambassador and dozens of other people. Officials pointed the finger at Israel in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack at a time of rising tensions across the Lebanon border.
The US State Department has let RTX Corporation off the hook for serious violations of US export control laws that compromised major US military systems. The transactions involved China, Iran and Russia, among others, and the procurement of important parts for defense systems from China.
The current phase of fighting in the Middle East began almost a year ago, with the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas and the subsequent pummeling of Gaza by Israel.
After 11 months of war, Israel is facing its biggest economic challenge in years. Data shows that Israel’s economy is experiencing the sharpest slowdown among the wealthiest countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations released $100 million on Friday for humanitarian emergencies in 10 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Caribbean.