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Thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah members that exploded last month were equipped with a security feature that could have made the devices more vulnerable to harm.
According to a source in the US newspaper The Washington Post, Hezbollah's pagers have a built-in two-step code entry feature. This means that most users will have to use both hands when the device is detonated.
Although Israel has not confirmed its involvement in the attack, many sources believe that the incident was carried out by the country's Mossad intelligence agency.
According to the Washington Post, Mossad can trigger the explosions remotely, but they also added a special process to encrypt messages on the machine, forcing users to decrypt them to read, and simultaneously detonate the devices.
"You have to press two buttons to read the message," an unnamed official revealed, adding that as a result, users could injure both hands in the attack and would be unable to fight.
Citing Israeli, US and Middle Eastern officials, the US newspaper reported that up to 3,000 Hezbollah members were injured or killed in the explosions.
Just months before the series of pager explosions, Hezbollah was ordered to switch from using mobile phones to low-tech pagers due to security concerns.
In July, sources close to Hezbollah said the group had banned the use of mobile phones on the battlefield to hamper Israel's intelligence capabilities.
Since the attack, Emirates has banned passengers from carrying pagers and walkie-talkies on flights. “All passengers travelling to, from or via Dubai are prohibited from carrying pagers and walkie-talkies in their checked or carry-on baggage,” the airline said in a statement. The airline also said it had canceled flights to and from Beirut until after October 15.
Since the Middle East conflict spiral erupted in October 2023, fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has continuously broken out and is increasingly at risk of spreading into a regional war.
Israel has stepped up its attacks on senior Hezbollah figures in recent weeks. Last week, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had killed the group's leader of 32 years, Hassan Nasrallah, in an airstrike in Beirut.
Nasrallah's death prompted a massive retaliatory missile strike from Iran and has raised fears of a wider conflict in the region.
