According to the New York Times, the first shipments of "beepers" began in the summer of 2022. Hezbollah bought tampered materials from companies that were actually managed by Israeli intelligence.
Mossad and Chinese boxes to catch Hezbollah by surprise. An old tactic, where a screen of shell companies opened by Israeli intelligence was used to sell the "pagers" that were trapped.
contract
The faction, after suffering many losses due to Israeli infiltration, ordered its cadres to stop using telephones and ordered the purchase of "beepers".
The task was entrusted – according to Middle East Eye – to a trusted merchant. who would have earned a good percentage of the deal.
It is not clear how the "facilitator" arrived at BAC in Budapest, which could operate under license from the company "Gold Apollo" in Taiwan.
But the Hungarian company would only act as an intermediary. Hungarian media say the supply was guaranteed by Sofia-based Norta Global, owned by a Norwegian national.
And already yesterday, Cristiana Arcidiacono, who appears to be the head of the BAC, clarified this to NBC, underlining that she had only played a mediating role.
It was within this triangle that the shipment of thousands of parts destined for the pro-Iranian militia would then begin.
PLAN
The still-confusing map of the contract was followed by revelations from the New York Times. Mossad - writes the American newspaper - employed at least two companies to deceive the opponent, companies that delivered the manipulated equipment to the movement.
A tactic tested in the past against Iran's nuclear program. The ayatollahs bought defective equipment from companies run by Israeli intelligence. With an operation that took place in Milan.
Again according to the American newspaper, the first shipments of beepers began in the summer of 2022, but then the flow increased significantly.
For two reasons. The first. Hezbollah was alarmed because information had been leaked about Israel's new communications interception capabilities. The mission involved the 8,200th army unit and Jewish espionage.
The second. There were fears that the internal network had been compromised, a suspicion that was strengthened by the elimination of many officers.
And so it was relatively easier to bait the guerrillas, under pressure from leader Hassan Nasrallah to take effective countermeasures.
Thus, it seems that a double trap has been set, with the opening of the first companies and the conversion of beepers into bombs.
Conditional time is a necessity for everything, because there is always the "fog of war" and the story is not closed yet, a lot can change.
Radios
After the beepers came two-way radios, which exploded in many places in Lebanon on Wednesday afternoon, September 18.
Many casualties were recorded. Japanese IC-V82 radios supplied to Shiite militants exploded, the equipment coming from the ICOM factory in Osaka.
Company managers pointed out that these are now discontinued devices exported to the Middle East from 2004 to October 2014.
Yesterday, anonymous sources claimed that the equipment was distributed to Hezbollah at the same time as the delivery of the beepers.
Were they second hand? It remains to be understood how the Mossad got them into Lebanon: maybe there is some "shadow" involved./ Corriere della Sera