Those countries across the seven seas were not even informed and Israel made Hezbollah fever in their name.
Israel has caused havoc by entering Hezbollah's communication system. On Tuesday and Wednesday, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies exploded, killing about 37 people and injuring more than 3 thousand people. It is believed that most of the dead and injured are Hezbollah fighters.
The most surprising thing in this whole case is that even the countries from which Hezbollah had bought pagers and walkie-talkies did not have any inkling of Israel's plan. According to reports, the pagers in which the explosions took place had the name of Taiwan's Gold Apollo company on them, while the walkie-talkies were manufactured by Japan's Icom.
But the statements made by the companies of both these countries show how cleverly Israel has executed this plan. On one hand, the Taiwanese company has put the ball in Hungary's BAC's court, while on the other hand, the Japanese company says that it had stopped manufacturing these pagers a decade ago.
Taiwanese company was unaware of explosive pagers
The founder and president of Taiwan's Gold Apollo company were questioned on Thursday regarding the pager blast. The company's president Shu Ching Kwang says that the pagers which exploded were not manufactured by his company but by BAC, a Budapest company in Hungary, which has a license to use the name of Gold Apollo. Apart from Shu, Teresa Wu, an employee of a company called Apollo System Limited, also participated in the investigation. About whom the founder of Gold Apollo company had told me a few days ago that Teresa was the one who was in contact with him in the deal on behalf of BAC.
The Taiwan government is investigating the pager blasts in Lebanon, as it is not yet clear when, where, how, and who planted the explosives in the pagers that reached Lebanon. According to news agency Reuters, when they tried to contact the investigation officials of the Taiwan government, no answer was given. The Taiwan government has also not issued any statement regarding its investigation so far.
Big disclosure by walkie-talkie manufacturing company
In this case, Japan is in a similar situation as Taiwan. The walkie-talkies that exploded in Lebanon had the name of the Japanese company Icom printed on them. These walkie-talkies were of the IC-V82 model, but the point to note here is that the Japanese company Icom has said that it had stopped manufacturing them about a decade ago. The company says that it is investigating the matter.
Telecommunications manufacturer Icom says that it has shipped walkie-talkies of this model to markets around the world, including the Middle East, only from 2004 to October 2014. Icom said that it has not shipped a single IC-V82 model walkie-talkie from its Wakayama plant for nearly a decade. But the company says that it had long alerted about fake IC-V82 model transceivers in the market.
According to Icom, it has also taken legal action against these counterfeit manufacturers and has been warning about counterfeit models of transceivers since 2020. According to Icom, many of its electronic gear have been supplied to public safety organizations and the US Department of Defense and Marine Corps.
On the other hand, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi says that the Japanese government is investigating this matter. Like Taiwan, the Japanese government is also unaware of this entire matter. Neither the shipping officials, the Lebanese government nor Hezbollah knew that these devices contained explosives. This entire incident shows how cleverly Israel has targeted Hezbollah's communication system by infiltrating the systems of these countries.