details revealed! was it premeditated? the communication equipment was purchased 5 months ago and the explosives were implanted before arriving in lebanon
2024-09-21
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the explosions of communication equipment in many places in lebanon on september 17 and 18 have killed 37 people and injured 2,931 people. judging from the logos, most of the equipment that exploded that day were icom v82 walkie-talkies, manufactured by a japanese company. however, an executive of the company told the media on september 19 that "it is impossible to confirm whether the walkie-talkies that exploded are genuine."
according to icom executives, the v82 walkie-talkie was manufactured and exported to the middle east and other places between 2004 and october 2014, after which it was discontinued and has not been shipped. the batteries used in this model of walkie-talkie have also been discontinued to this day. in addition, according to news reports, the walkie-talkie that exploded in lebanon "did not have a laser holographic anti-counterfeiting mark", but as for the v82 model, not all products were affixed with anti-counterfeiting labels when they left the factory, "so it is impossible to confirm whether the one that exploded was genuine."
the executive also said that this model of walkie-talkie was previously only produced at the company's factory in wakayama prefecture, japan. according to him, the factory "has a robot production line that is so fast that there is no time to load the explosive device."
us and israeli media revealed details: israel began preparations a year in advance
first of all, regarding this attack, i would like to add some of the latest details disclosed by the media in the united states and israel. on the 19th, the israeli public broadcasting corporation quoted the new york times as saying that israel had made long and complicated preparations for launching this attack. the report quoted former intelligence officials from the united states and israel as saying that the israeli intelligence department had set up a company specializing in the manufacture of communication equipment at least a year ago to cover up the attack, and successively established three companies to conceal each other's identities. these companies operated like ordinary companies, and their main customers were hezbollah in lebanon. the pagers and other equipment in the explosion were specially designed and manufactured by the company earlier this year according to the needs of hezbollah in lebanon, and therefore they were able to tamper with them and install a small amount of explosives.
when the attack took place on the 17th, the israeli intelligence department imitated the high-level hezbollah in arabic to release information, and detonated the equipment when the relevant personnel were checking the information. regarding the explosion attack in lebanon on the 18th, the israeli media quoted relevant sources as saying that the explosion mainly occurred on the walkie-talkies and other equipment used by hezbollah for military communications. the number was less than that on the 17th, but because the equipment destroyed was larger and contained more explosives, the impact of the explosion was also greater. this batch of equipment was also purchased by hezbollah together with pagers five months ago.
media analysis believes that the purpose and reason of the bombing on the 18th are that, first, hezbollah strengthened its inspection of related equipment, prompting the israeli army to detonate the remaining equipment before the security loopholes were discovered; second, the bombing could further damage hezbollah’s military command and communication systems, disrupting and hindering its possible attacks on israel; third, it increased panic within hezbollah and forced the organization’s leadership to change its tough stance on fighting israel.
on the evening of the 19th local time, cctv reporters learned that the lebanese delegation to the united nations stated in a letter to the security council that according to preliminary investigations, the lebanese authorities found that the communications equipment that exploded had been implanted with explosives before arriving in the country and was detonated by sending electronic information to these devices.
comprehensive: china media group international online cctv news client cctv international news
source: international online
