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How rigged devices and front companies sparked deadly explosions in Lebanon

In the aftermath of the two consecutive waves of explosions triggered by rigged pagers and walkie-talkies, Sakr Abou Fakhr, a researcher at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, takes a look at Israel’s history of using shell companies.

How rigged devices and front companies sparked deadly explosions in Lebanon

A woman enters the building housing the headquarters of BAC Consulting KFT in Budapest on Sept. 18, 2024, which allegedly produced the rigged pagers sent to Hezbollah. (Credit: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)

The unprecedented operations conducted by Israel in Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday exposed Mossad’s, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, use of shell companies to carry out its operations. The rigged pagers and walkie-talkies, which killed over...
The unprecedented operations conducted by Israel in Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday exposed Mossad’s, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, use of shell companies to carry out its operations. The rigged pagers and walkie-talkies, which killed over...