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Experts and former intelligence officials have described the incident as a "supply chain attack," where Mossad likely intercepted the shipment and planted a small amount of PETN, a powerful explosive, inside the pagers' batteries before they were imported to Lebanon, according to The Times of Israel. Pagers used by thousands of Hezbollah members exploded simultaneously across Lebanon and parts of Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine and injuring many others. Nearly 100 blasts were reported in Syria.
A senior Lebanese security official told Reuters that the pagers exploded after receiving a coded message, which simultaneously triggered the explosives. "Mossad inserted a board within the device containing explosive material that responds to a code. It's nearly impossible to detect using any scanner or device," the source explained to Reuters.
