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PDB Afternoon Bulletin | December 23rd, 2024: Mossad Agents Expose Beeper Bomb Operation & Syria's New Rulers Seek End To Sectarian Violence
23 Dec 2024
In this episode of The PDB Afternoon Bulletin: First, we’ll begin with Israel, as Mossad agents spill the beans about how they managed to infiltrate Hezbollah’s operations and convince the terror group to buy explosive-laced pagers and walkie-talkies that would ultimately cripple the once powerful terror army. Then, Syria’s new de facto leader is attempting to reassure the country’s ethnic and religious minorities that they will be protected under the new Islamist regime, promising an end to the sectarian violence that has long plagued the country. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybrief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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It's Monday, 23 December. Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed.
First, we'll begin with Israel, as Mossad agents reveal how they managed to infiltrate Hezbollah's operations and convince the terror group to buy explosive-laced pagers and walkie-talkies that would ultimately severely cripple Iran's once-powerful terrorist army.
Then, Syria's new de facto leader is attempting to reassure the country's ethnic and religious minorities that they'll be protected under the new Islamist regime, promising an end to the sectarian violence that has long plagued the country. But first, our afternoon spotlight.
I want to begin by taking you back to Israel's covert attack on Hezbollah back in September of this year, as Mossad agents reveal new details about how they managed to trick the terror group into buying explosive-laced talkies and pagers.
The surprise attack, which saw thousands of electronic devices simultaneously explode in the hands and pockets of Hezbollah fighters, marked the beginning of the end for the group's ambitions to wage a long term war with Israel. The attack killed two dozen Hezbollah fighters and took another 1500 of them out of commission while leaving its leaders severely rattled.
And just ten days later, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah would be killed. Speaking anonymously to 60 Minutes on Sunday, two recently retired Mossad agents said the operation began in earnest some 10 years ago when Hezbollah was looking to purchase a large quantity of communication devices for their fighters.
Mossad agents created a shell company through which they sold the group walkie-talkies laced with the hidden explosives. The scheme worked. with Hezbollah reportedly none the wiser that they had purchased these devices from their arch enemy. And as it turns out, Israel was playing the long game. Fast forward to 2022, Mossad saw another operational opportunity.
They learned that Hezbollah had been buying pagers from a Taiwan-based company called Gold Apollo, apparently eager to pivot from smartphones to low-tech alternatives out of fear that Israel was exploiting their devices. Israel quickly moved to insert themselves as the supplier.
They established a shell company called BAC Consulting based in Budapest, Hungary, to pose as a legitimate international third-party supplier of the pagers, tricking Gold Apollo into doing business with them. They then began manufacturing pagers laced with an explosive material that could be triggered remotely.
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