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Mys­tery Pro­file Linked to Hun­gar­i­an Firm Impli­cat­ed in Explod­ing Pagers

Dozens of peo­ple were killed and thou­sands more injured after two con­sec­u­tive days of explo­sions across Lebanon this week that the Shia mil­i­tant group Hezbol­lah blamed on Israel. 

Pagers used by Hezbol­lah mem­bers det­o­nat­ed simul­ta­ne­ous­ly on Tues­day after­noon, leav­ing at least 12 peo­ple dead, includ­ing two children. 

On Wednes­day, anoth­er wave of coor­di­nat­ed explo­sions affect­ing hand­held radios killed at least 25 peo­ple. Almost 3,000 peo­ple were wound­ed in the attacks, Lebanon’s health min­istry said. 

Israel has not com­ment­ed on the attack, but the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff said in a video after the explo­sions that Israel has ​“many more capa­bil­i­ties” to be used against Hezbollah.

Hezbol­lah vowed to retal­i­ate for the major secu­ri­ty breach, with the group’s leader say­ing the attacks ​“could be con­sid­ered war crimes or a dec­la­ra­tion of war”. 

Mean­while, Belling­cat has iden­ti­fied a sus­pi­cious social media pro­file for a man­ag­er at BAC Con­sult­ing, the Hun­gar­i­an firm under increas­ing scruti­ny over its link to the explod­ing pagers.

The full inves­ti­ga­tion find­ings can be read in the arti­cle below:

https://​www​.belling​cat​.com/​n​e​w​s​/​2​0​2​4​/​0​9​/​2​0​/​i​s​r​a​e​l​-​l​e​b​a​n​o​n​-​h​e​z​b​o​l​l​a​h​-​e​x​p​l​o​d​i​n​g​-​p​a​gers/