Although Israel has not yet spoken, Lebanon and Hezbollah, whose members and communication networks were attacked, have placed the blame on Israel.
From Taiwan via Japan, Hungary, Israel, and back to Lebanon, the news has traced a path.
The unresolved questions are listed below.
Which pagers were compromised and how?
Early conjecture stated that a sophisticated hack may have been the source of the pagers’ explosion.
However, scientists swiftly discounted that theory.
Experts think it’s likely they were rigged with explosives before they got into Hezbollah’s hands in order to wreak the kind of damage they did.
Pictures of the shattered pager remnants display the emblem of Gold Apollo, a minor Taiwanese electronics manufacturer.
The news crew paid a visit to the company’s premises, which are situated on a large business park in an ordinary Taipei suburb.
Hsu Ching-Kuang, the founder of the company, appeared surprised. He denied that the operation was connected in any way to the firm.
“Observe the images from Lebanon,” he said to reporters outside the premises of his company. “We did not make those pagers; they bear no label indicating they are Made in Taiwan!”
