Hungary denied involvement in the production of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon
The Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Hungary denied any involvement in the production of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon. This was reported by the ATV publication on Saturday, September 21.
"The results of the investigation so far have shown that the so-called pagers were never in Hungary and no Hungarian company or Hungarian specialist was in any way involved in their production or refurbishment," the publication quoted a statement from the office as saying.
Hungary's Office for the Protection of the Constitution also added that it would keep international partner organizations and the parliament's National Security Committee informed of further investigation.
Earlier on Sept. 17, multiple people were seriously injured in pager explosions in Beirut and southern Lebanon. The following day, various wireless devices exploded in cars and on motorcycles. These were portable radios, which were different from pagers. Lebanese authorities and Hezbollah officials blamed Israel for the bombings.
The next day, September 18, the French newspaper Le Figaro wrote that the Taiwanese company Gold Apollo said that the pagers that were sold to members of the Shiite movement Hezbollah and exploded in Lebanon were allegedly manufactured and sold by its Hungarian partner BAC.
The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian radical movement Hamas launched a massive rocket attack from the Gaza Strip into Israel, as well as invading border areas in the south and taking hostages. On the same day, Israel began retaliatory strikes.
