REPORT: Mossad Intercepted Hezbollah Pager Shipment, Loaded Them With Explosives

In military matters, some tactics have effects far, far beyond the initial impact. The recent, sudden explosions of Hezbollah pagers is one such; no Hezbollah nutcase will ever again look at his pager or cellular phone again without seeing a grenade. Advertisement It gets better.

Now, a report published in the New York Post reveals that the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad, purportedly intercepted Hezbollah's shipment of pagers and loaded them with PETN, a potent high-explosive. The Israeli spy agency Mossad allegedly intercepted Hezbollah's shipment of new pagers months ago and rigged them with high explosives — resulting in the stunning attack on the Lebanese terror group Tuesday, according to a new report. Mossad agents reportedly placed Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), a highly explosive material, inside the batteries of the pagers, sources told Sky News Arabia, according to a translation from the Times of Israel.



The devices were then detonated by an external signal that caused the batteries inside to overheat, the sources added. Now, that's a clever play. PETN — Pentaerythritol tetranitrate — is structurally similar to nitroglycerine, and like.

.. Ward Clark.