Mossad allegedly intercepted and planted explosives in a shipment of 5,000 pagers and other devices used in the coordinated attack this week, during which thousands of devices exploded in Beirut and Southern Lebanon killing dozens. Hezbollah reportedly ordered the shipment from a Taiwanese company, Gold Apollo.
The pagers were a new brand, AP924, which the Islamic militant group had not used before.
BAC Consulting was reportedly identified as a front company set up by Mossad in Budapest, which sold the pagers to Hezbollah. A Hungarian company was also mentioned in relation to manufacturing the devices in cooperation with a Taiwanese company, which itself might be an Israeli front. An unnamed Israeli company established to target Hezbollah, has also been supplying such devices since 2022.
These companies were either directly involved in manufacturing or supplying the pagers, or were part of the covert operation by Mossad to infiltrate Hezbollah's communication systems by providing them with compromised devices. The operation involved creating shell companies and fronts to mask the involvement of Israeli intelligence.
