Israel set up a company in 2022 just to sell pagers that would end up with Hezbollah and other enemies. There are some online indications of company history going back to 2019.
They registered it in May, 2022 and got the license to make them from the real Taiwanese company Gold Apollo. Most of the exploding pagers were delivered in early to mid-2024.
The company actually importing the devices is Norta Global Ltd., in Sofia. It was another fake or shell company.
Real untampered pagers were also made.
The timeline of BAC Consulting and the Hezbollah pagers:
2022: BAC Consulting was registered in Budapest, Hungary, in May, with Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono listed as the single owner. This company was later revealed to be potentially linked to Israeli intelligence as a front or shell company.
Its CEO Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono told NBC that she knew nothing about the explosions. “I don’t make the pagers. I am just the intermediate. I think you got it wrong,” she said.
The Hungarian government said the company had no manufacturing or operational site in the country.
BAC sent some pagers sent to Lebanon starting in the summer of 2022.
In 2023, BAC Consulting was selling pagers under a license from the Taiwanese company Gold Apollo. These pagers were branded with Gold Apollo’s trademark but were actually manufactured by BAC Consulting or under its direction.
Early 2024: Hezbollah did have a problem where Israel could track cellphones. Hezbollah leadership ordered that all Hezbollah should switch to pagers from cellphones.
September 17, 2024: Reports emerge of simultaneous explosions across Lebanon involving pagers carried by Hezbollah members. These incidents resulted in at least 21 deaths and thousands injured.
The pagers were built to explode when a code was sent to trigger them. They were built by Israeli intelligence, Mossad. They would also have spying systems to monitor and transmit movement and communications.
The company has released a statement naming BAC Consulting, located in Budapest, Hungary, as the manufacturer of the pagers. pic.twitter.com/zPSTLxwJ1K
— Tiliang Deng (@TiliangDeng) September 18, 2024
The Taiwan company whose branding was on the exploding pagers says Budapest firm BAC made the devices under a 3-year licensing agreement
The CEO of BAC is UK educated Cristiana Barsony-Arcidiacono who studied physics in London University and is connected to Israeli intelligence pic.twitter.com/XHKb6OMVur
— SilencedSirs◼️ (@SilentlySirs) September 19, 2024
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For what it’s worth I think “exploding pagers” are what I call a “more targeted attack”. Far more effective (and decent) then dropping bombs on thousands of innocent Palestinian civilian’s. War is never “nice”, but isn’t it better to avoid mass death of innocents by targeting those enemies you need to? Leave the kids alone, and alive to grow up. Please.
Lebanon’s health minister says the number of people killed when pagers used by members of the armed group Hezbollah exploded on Tuesday has risen to 12, including two children and four healthcare workers.
Hezbollah randomly lobs rockets at cities hoping to kill anyone.
Israel helps Hezbollah place bombs in their fighter’s pockets. Small targeted bombs with a very low chance of hurting non-participants.
Israel is accused of war crimes.
Yea and they were meticulous.
The double standard is crazy
Indiscriminately killing 40,000+ civilians in Gaza is the war crime, not exploding pagers.
Except that never happened. Perhaps Hamas should stop using its own people as human shields?
Since Oct 7th 2023, Hamas is responsible for all of the dead on both sides.
If Israel wanted to “indiscriminately” kill, there’d be 2m dead now and Gaza would resemble the moon.