Militants of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria were holding thousands of AR924 pagers (BB.Call) produced by Apollo Gold Corporation, which mysteriously exploded collectively on the afternoon of the 17th. Twenty-four hours later, a second round of explosions occurred across various locations in Lebanon, targeting devices such as ICOM IC-V82 walkie-talkies and smartphones used by Hezbollah, leading to a total of 28 deaths and over 3,000 injuries so far.
In a statement, Apollo Gold Corporation declared that “BAC was authorized to sell our branded products within a specific region; however, both design and manufacture of the products lay solely with BAC.” Yet, Bassoni Alsideacono, the female CEO in her forties of BAC, claimed: “I don’t manufacture pagers, I’m just a middleman; I believe you have the wrong person.” Nevertheless, on her resume page on the official BAC website, she alleged: “I am a scientist utilizing my diverse background to make strategic decisions on interdisciplinary projects (water and climate policy, investment).” Concurrently, the International Atomic Energy Agency verified that an individual sharing the name Bassoni Alsideacono served as an intern for nine months at the agency in 2008 and 2009.
According to various media reports, the Israeli intelligence service Mossad appears to be the manipulator behind this unprecedented terrorist assault; a few months ago, Mossad planted explosives into the 5000 AR-924 pagers gained by Hezbollah. Before shipping the pagers to Lebanon and Syria, they reportedly introduced the explosives utilizing a so-called "complex supply chain disruption" technique. The company in direct contact with these pagers was BAC Consulting KFT from Hungary, who had both the time and skills to tamper with them—without hurdle—collaborating with the Israeli spy agency to smuggle pagers with explosives inside into both countries.
