Dangerous ties

Thousands of pagers and walkie -talkies exploded in Lebanon, belonging to members of the Hizball terrorist organization. Who and how could organize such an operation?

On Wednesday, September 18, in Lebanon, a series of explosions of telecommunication devices used by the Chizballs militants continued. According to reports from Lebanon, on Wednesday in the afternoon in several areas of Beirut and in the south of Lebanon in houses and in vehicles, radio exploded. According to journalists, the explosions occurred simultaneously with the funeral of the son of a member of the parliament from Hizballa Ali Ammar in Beirut. The radio exploding in Lebanon was taken from the new batch of the Japanese company ICOM. The model is called ICOM V82. According to preliminary information, the Israeli intelligence agencies equipped them with explosives in the same way as pagers who massively detonated the day before.

Explosives in the Page

The Ministry of Health of Lebanon reports that during the chain of explosions that sounded more than half an hour in the southern area of ​​Beirut and in some other regions of the country, at least 11 people died. About 4 thousand Lebanians were injured, and the condition of approximately 400 of them is estimated as critical. About 500 members of the terrorist group lost vision.

The explosion was injured by Iran’s ambassador to the Lebanon of Mujtab Amani. The New York Times writes with reference to the sources in the Corps of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution that the diplomat lost one eye and seriously damaged the other.

Also, the pagers exploded in neighboring Syria. The 18 field commanders of Hizballs in Syria were reported , who were injured in varying severity and seven dead .

“In fact, a real battle happened. It is clear that thousands of communication devices were detonated during a short time, ”the Israeli military observer David Sharp tells the New-Europe.

- We are talking about a mined party of pagers received by terrorists a few months ago. Hizballa members used these devices for secret and safe, as it seemed to them.

Since the Israeli intelligence agencies are well able to identify, and then destroy the bandits using their cellular apparatus, the militants preferred wired phones and pagers that are not related to the Internet and do not have devices for geolocation. Therefore, the blow occurred from a very unexpected side and was extremely effective. ”

According to David Sharp, the operation was prepared and carried out at the highest level. Hizballe caused very serious damage. After all, it is already known that among the victims there are many commanders of units, including high -ranking militants. It is likely that we are talking about thousands of wounded terrorists. Comparative losses can be inflicted only during a full -scale military operation. In addition, the fighters and the leadership of the terrorist organization violated the connection. It will take a considerable time to establish new safe channels.

Dozens, and possibly, hundreds of pagers exploded in the territory of the neighboring Livan Syria. David Sharpa is not surprising, because in this country there is a representative office of Hizballs.

David Sharp says that the very idea of ​​destroying militants with the help of gadgets is not new. So in 1996, the number of the number one Israeli special services - the commander of the combat wing Khamas Yahya Ayash, nicknamed the “Engineer”, was blown up with the help of a mobile phone transferred through relatives. Then only 11 grams of explosive was placed in the device, which eventually almost tear the head of the legendary leader of the terrorists.

A miniature bomb

The first hypothesis , voiced by the press, was the assumption that the special services of Israel were hacked by the pager of Hizballa members and, with the help of malicious software, forced to overheat and explode devices batteries. However, the versions soon appeared that miniature bombs were laid in the communications devices.

“As many years of experience shows, the batteries have not exploded, but are ignited,” the new-European officer of the Israeli special forces, Joseph K., told the new-Europe, “in this case we are talking about explosive devices laid down in the pagers, possibly even directly into the battery. At the same time, an explosive could be used, identical to what is used in the fuses of manual grenades. Journalists call a similar chemical compound "Ten". The mechanism is activated using a special alphanumeric message, which overloads the electronics of the device and warms up the fuse. We are talking about the AP-900 or AR924 pager, released under the brand of the Taiwanese company Gold Apollo. Media sources talk about 5 thousand mined devices produced in Hungary under a license. ”

The version that appeared at the beginning that overheated batteries exploded in the pager, does not seem realistic and David Sharp. Our interlocutor is convinced that the devices were mined even at the production stage or packaging.

In the Mossad or another special service, who was closely observing the purchases of terrorists, they learned that Hizball ordered a batch of several thousand pagering, and found the opportunity to introduce explosives into the devices.

The approximate amount of explosives placed in the device is called - from 10 to 20 grams. About 5-6 months ago, the ordered party came to Lebanon and was distributed there to the Hizballa members to receive instructions from the leaders. The organizers of the operation could not wait for an infinitely long time. After all, there was a risk of exposure. Therefore, on September 17, it was decided to activate bombs.

The Israeli special forces suggests that the pagers could arrive in Lebanon in the spring of this year and were distributed between the commanders and fighters of the Hizballs for establishing unilateral communications. On them, terrorists received messages and orders of the leadership. The use of so outdated communication systems Joseph K. explains by the fact that the Israeli intelligence agencies have learned to break the mobile phones of the militants and brought a rocket on their signal. While the pager is designed only to receive information.

According to the media, in the northeastern region of Lebanon Baalbeck, the 10-year-old daughter of a member of Hizballa died. Pager exploded in the house of her parents in the village of Sarain. “Judging by the numerous videos from the places of events, the explosions were designed to limit the defeat of strangers as much as possible,” David Sharp is convinced. - Although it is impossible to completely exclude damage to civilians, the organizers of the operation tried to minimize possible damage. Pagers could only use Hizballa members. It is known about the wounds of the acting Ambassador of Iran in Lebanon Mujtab Amani. According to one version, a pager exploded from one of the subordinates of the diplomat. However, I can assume that the device was in the personal use of Amani. After all, the Iranian ambassador is closely connected with the top of the Hizballa, coordinates joint actions and can also receive various information from the militants. ”

A step away from the war

Joseph K. says that everything is ready to conduct an operation in Lebanon at the army of Israel's defense. After the intensity of hostilities in the gas sector decreased significantly, units for a new war in the north of the country were released from the armed forces. The supply of weapons from the United States continues. Intelligence is working on the identification of goals.

According to David Sharp, an explosion operation of pagers can be the last step by the beginning of a large -scale war.

“Although Israel does not take responsibility for what happened, the leadership of Hizballs should answer such a blow,

- finishes the conversation by David Sharp. - This can happen with some delay, as has happened more than once. I suppose that first negotiations with Iran, the main ally and patron of the terrorist organization will be held. But the militants are obliged to do something. Otherwise, they will be considered weaklings that in the Middle East it is not permissible. However, the leadership of the Hizballa probably does not want a big war and at the same time understands that Israel itself is already a step away from the operation in Lebanon. In recent days, the Israeli government has repeatedly stated the need to make a final decision on a threat in the north of the country. Aviation DSAL is striking bombing on the territory of Lebanon, clearing the way for the entrance of ground forces. Full -scale hostilities can begin very soon. ”