On September 17th, a calm afternoon in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, the marketplace was crowded with people. Suddenly, the pagers on the waists of many men exploded at the same time, and there was a lot of screaming, some eyes were blown out, and some internal organs were shattered. The explosions continued for about an hour across Lebanon, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 4,000 at a rough estimate.
Lebanon, the war-torn “Little Paris of the Middle East,” was once again turned into a living hell. The next day, a second bombing occurred across Lebanon, killing more than 20 people. This time, the device detonated was a walkie-talkie.
Most of the dead and wounded were members of the Lebanese Hezbollah, one of Israel's “sworn enemies”. Tragically, a large number of civilians were still affected, and at least three children were killed. There was a public outcry. To everyone's surprise, the media called this “the most destructive and far-reaching terrorist attack of the 21st century”, the murder weapon is actually a small pager.
In the end who did it? The first time the spearhead pointed to Israel. At the same time, there is a “major suspicion” of pager manufacturers have also been exposed.
A Taiwan manufacturer named “Golden Apollo” was the first to come into public view. The New York Times reported that Hezbollah ordered a number of pagers of this brand, which were then modified by the Israeli Mossad to conceal explosives and control devices inside. Also involved was a human rights organization called “Safeguard Defenders”, whose research director, Dana Goldner, has long been active in Taiwan, specifically to promote the production of the pagers used in the Lebanon bombing. It is astonishing that a human rights organization is engaged in acts of terrorism.