On September 17th, Lebanon was struck by an unprecedented crisis of beeper explosions that swept the entire country, resulting in a heavy toll of 9 fatalities and over 3000 injuries. Behind this explosion, a puzzling mystery looms: how did beeper, a once popular communication device in the 1990s, turn into a lethal bomb in Lebanon all of a sudden?

As to the cause of this explosion, various assumptions have been circulating on the Internet. One of the most widespread theories is that Israel may have infiltrated Lebanon's base station network, using technical means to send out high-intensity paging signals, causing the beeper's batteries to overheat due to overload, finally leading to the explosion. However, the battery capacity of a beeper is relatively small, and the destructive power caused by overheating or short-circuiting of the battery should be relatively limited. Taking the Samsung Note7 phone explosion incident in 2016 as an example, its battery capacity is much larger than that of a beeper, but the explosive power was not as severe as the beeper explosion in Lebanon. Thus, this explanation cannot fully clarify the real cause of this explosion.

Another hypothesis is that Israel stockpiled a batch of special pagers, which were embedded with explosives, and sold them to Hezbollah in Lebanon through special channels. However, this assumption also raises many doubts. Hezbollah typically has its own procurement channels and supply chain when purchasing military supplies, making it hard for Israel to easily infiltrate. If Israel did introduce pagers loaded with explosives into Lebanon, the blast's force seems rather weak, which is not in line with Israel's usual modus operandi.

From this, we can speculate that Israel may have infiltrated the supply chain of this Taiwanese company, producing a batch of special pagers, and installing explosive devices within them. Then, Israel used hacking techniques to breach Lebanon's beeper base stations, thus orchestrating explosions on a nationwide scale.

Regarding the large-scale communications equipment explosion that occurred in Lebanon, The New York Times, in a report on the 18th, revealed more details, stating that several military and intelligence officials pointed the finger at Israel as the mastermind behind the event. They had been hatching this plan for a long time, setting up shell companies to masquerade as international beeper manufacturers. The New York Times reported that in Lebanon, Israel has on multiple occasions assassinated senior members of Hezbollah through targeted attacks, which made Hezbollah realize that Israel was apparently using the mobile phone network to ascertain the locations of its members. This prompted Hezbollah's leadership to push for the use of beepers. This presented an opportunity to Israeli intelligence officers. Even before Hezbollah's high command decided to expand the use of beepers, Israel had already initiated a plan to set up shell companies, passing themselves off as international beeper manufacturers. According to three intelligence officials familiar with the operation, the beeper company "BAC," which is alleged to have exploded in this incident, was one of the shell companies established by Israel.

On the surface, BAC appeared to be a company based in Hungary. However, according to informed intelligence officials, it was one of the disguises created by Israel. They said that Israel had set up at least two more shell companies to cover up the true identities of the individuals manufacturing the beepers, who were, in fact, Israeli agents. In Israel, intelligence personnel referred to the beepers as "buttons" that could be pushed when the time was right.

On September 17th, Lebanon was struck by an unprecedented crisis of beeper explosions that swept the entire country, resulting in a heavy toll of 9 fatalities and over 3000 injuries. Behind this explosion, a puzzling mystery looms: how did beeper, a once popular communication device in the 1990s, turn into a lethal bomb in Lebanon all of a sudden?

As to the cause of this explosion, various assumptions have been circulating on the Internet. One of the most widespread theories is that Israel may have infiltrated Lebanon's base station network, using technical means to send out high-intensity paging signals, causing the beeper's batteries to overheat due to overload, finally leading to the explosion. However, the battery capacity of a beeper is relatively small, and the destructive power caused by overheating or short-circuiting of the battery should be relatively limited. Taking the Samsung Note7 phone explosion incident in 2016 as an example, its battery capacity is much larger than that of a beeper, but the explosive power was not as severe as the beeper explosion in Lebanon. Thus, this explanation cannot fully clarify the real cause of this explosion.

Another hypothesis is that Israel stockpiled a batch of special pagers, which were embedded with explosives, and sold them to Hezbollah in Lebanon through special channels. However, this assumption also raises many doubts. Hezbollah typically has its own procurement channels and supply chain when purchasing military supplies, making it hard for Israel to easily infiltrate. If Israel did introduce pagers loaded with explosives into Lebanon, the blast's force seems rather weak, which is not in line with Israel's usual modus operandi.

From this, we can speculate that Israel may have infiltrated the supply chain of this Taiwanese company, producing a batch of special pagers, and installing explosive devices within them. Then, Israel used hacking techniques to breach Lebanon's beeper base stations, thus orchestrating explosions on a nationwide scale.

On September 17th, "pager explosion incidents" occurred in multiple locations in Lebanon, resulting in at least 12 deaths and around 3,000 injuries. Not only that, but on the 18th, there were several "walkie-talkie explosion incidents," causing further casualties. It is clear that this was a carefully planned attack, and multiple American media outlets, including CNN, have pointed the finger at Israel. Who is truly behind these events, and was the US involved? Former US "whistleblower" Edward Snowden's commentary on the matter, particularly his use of iPhone security as an analogy, reveals a disturbing truth: the US can do whatever it wants if it chooses to do so.

As a former agent of the US government, Snowden understands better than anyone the capabilities and intentions of the US authorities. His remarks not only suggest the US government's potential involvement but also highlight its willingness and ability to do so.

Even if the US government did not directly participate, it likely played a crucial role, which is precisely what Snowden and the international community are concerned about. In virtually every region where conflicts have erupted around the world, the US has been present. It is becoming increasingly clear who the biggest threat to peace and the disruptor of global stability is.