Lebanon's Hezbollah was still handing its members new Gold Apollo branded pagers hours before thousands blew up this week, two security sources said, indicating the group was confident the devices were safe despite an ongoing sweep of electronic kit to identify threats.

Israel allegedly set up a shell company that has supplied Hezbollah with pagers since 2022, according to a US media report.

Hezbollah turned to low-tech pagers to avoid cellphone tracking by Israeli intelligence. Who else uses pagers, and why?

By shifting to relatively low-tech communication devices, including pagers and walkie-talkies, Hezbollah apparently sought an advantage against Israel's well-known sophistication in tracking targets through their phones.