The American network CNN published an investigation covering the bombings of pager and wireless devices, which occurred about two weeks ago and resulted in several deaths and injuries in Lebanon.
The network quoted a Lebanese official as saying that the Israeli plan to target Hezbollah’s leadership by detonating their radio communications devices at the same time relied on explosives planted in their devices in a way that made them difficult to detect.
A Lebanese official familiar with the progress of the investigation told CNN that the explosive materials were hidden inside the batteries of the walkie-talkie devices in very sophisticated and complex ways so that they could not be discovered, but he did not explain more about the type of tests that the devices underwent before entering the country.
According to the network, Lebanese officials carried out deliberate explosions of a number of devices that did not explode, and noted the extent and severity of the destruction and harm that they could have caused to their owners.
For his part, Sean Moorhouse, a former officer in the British Army and an expert in dismantling explosives, said, “The improvised explosive device contains five main components: a power source, a detonator, an igniter, an explosive charge, and a container that contains the previous parts.”
Homars pointed out that “converting walkie-talkie devices in Lebanon into explosive weapons required the presence of a detonator and an explosive charge only, as the devices already contain the other three components.”
He stated that “this had to be done in a way that made the explosives invisible,” adding that “one of the ways to do this was to modify the battery itself, that is, planting an electronic detonator and a small explosive charge inside its metal casing, which would make it impossible to detect by imaging, for example, X-rays.” .
Israel did not comment directly on the attacks, but CNN learned that the bombings were the result of a joint operation carried out by the Mossad and the Israeli army.
It is worth noting that on September 17 and 18, Lebanon witnessed the explosion of walkie-talkies and pagers carried by Hezbollah members in various Lebanese regions. The bombings killed dozens and injured thousands of civilians.
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2024-09-28 20:42:33