Hungary Denies Role in Hezbollah Pager Attacks

The Hungarian government has firmly denied any involvement in the production of pagers used in recent deadly detonations in Lebanon, stating that the devices have never been on Hungarian soil. Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo claimed that the AR-924 pagers, implicated in the attacks, were manufactured by Budapest-based BAC Consulting, which it licensed to use its brand. However, the Hungarian authorities clarified that BAC is merely a trading intermediary with no operational facilities in the country and poses no national security risk. The explosions, which killed 12 and injured nearly 3,000, were attributed to Hezbollah, who reportedly used the pagers to avoid Israeli hacking. While Israeli officials have been implicated in hiding explosives within the devices, they have not commented on the situation. The investigation into how these pagers came to be used by Hezbollah and equipped with explosives continues, with international agencies involved.