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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
0:37 Inside the Ingenious Design
1:24 Walkie Talkie Attack
1:50 Mossad's Use of Technology
2:18 Hezbollah’s Shift to Pagers
2:56 The Shell Companies Behind the Pagers (BAC, Apollo Systems)
4:52 Mossad's Marketing Ploy
5:40 Israel's Cryptic Response
5:57 The Bulgarian Connection Ties It All Together
7:18 Hezbollah’s Response and Israel's Subsequent Attack
8:01 Today’s Sponsor: NordPass
Read Reuters' in-depth investigation into Israel’s tainted pagers: https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/HEZBOLLAH-PAGERS/mopawkkwjpa/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Thank you to MEMRI for permission to use their translation of the Spot Shot clip from Lebanese media: https://www.memri.org/tv/hizbullah-leader-nasrallah-months-before-pager-attack-avoid-using-cell-phones
Spot Shot YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spotshot
Select images purchased from Associated Press and Alamy
Sources:
Pager video: CFA (Country Fire Authority) on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enuDLL60KA4 Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Targeted vehicle of Iran nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: By Fars Media Corporation, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97061670
Funeral of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: Fars Media Corporation, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Hassan Nasrallah memorial (holding posters): Mohammad sadegh Hoboubati, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Common
IAF operation: By IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=153316881
Hezbollah airstrike 2024: By Jimmyp84 - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=155061486
2023 Hezbollah drill: Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
IAF F-35I jet: By IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=133009604
IDF ground maneuver to Lebanon: By IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=153696980
IDF Golani Brigade images: By IDF Spokesperson's Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=153673199