Israel's spy agency Mossad planted explosives in Hezbollah pagers, reports say

  Israel's Mossad spy agency placed explosives in thousands of Hezbollah pagers before they detonated across Lebanon, multiple reports say

• A senior Lebanese security source tells Reuters the pagers were brought into the country months ago

• Separately, Israeli and US sources say Israel detonated the pagers earlier than planned, fearing that Hezbollah had become aware of the plan 

  
  
  
  The pagers seemed to carry a Taiwanese brand - but Taiwanese firm Gold Apollo denies any involvement, saying the pagers were made by a Hungarian firm it signed a deal with

• At least nine people were killed and thousands injured when the pagers went off on Tuesday

• A munition expert tells the BBC the devices were likely packed with up to 20 grams of military-grade high explosive

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