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Israel planted explosives in Hezbollah's pagers, say sources

13 Sept 11:46 Key points summarised by AI

Israel's Mossad spy agency reportedly planted explosives in 5,000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before their detonation.
The coordinated pager explosions across Lebanon killed nine people and wounded nearly 3,000, including Hezbollah fighters, marking an unprecedented security breach for the group.
Sources indicate that up to three grams of explosives were covertly embedded in the devices "at the production level" and activated by a coded message, remaining undetected by Hezbollah for months.
This sophisticated plot exploited Hezbollah's use of low-tech pagers, intended to evade Israeli tracking, turning their communication method into a weapon.
Hezbollah has vowed retaliation against Israel, whose military declined to comment on the blasts, while the incident is considered Hezbollah's biggest counterintelligence failure in decades.

Today 12:56 Key points summarised by AI

President Macron condemned widespread rioting and looting during nationwide protests, blaming far-left activists and criminals for the "unrestrained violence" and vowing accountability for those who "sought to bring down the Republic."
Over 2,400 arrests were made as protests against rising living costs and poor school conditions escalated, causing extensive damage to public buildings and businesses in cities like Paris, Limoges (where City Hall burned), Marseille, and Lyon.
The unrest, which organizers hoped would revive the "yellow vest" movement, saw political leaders trade blame, with Macron instructing prefects to protect public buildings and potentially ban future protests to prevent further disorder.