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00:00Gold Apollo has denied being the producer of the Pager telecommunication device reportedly used by Hezbollah members in recent time to evade
00:08Israeli armed forces tracking their locations which on Tuesday appeared to have been rigged in highly populated areas in Lebanon causing
00:16Explosions as holders of the Pagers go into public places doing their normal daily businesses
00:22health ministry in Lebanon said on Wednesday that a total of 12 persons have been confounded while
00:292,800 have been in the hospitals across Lebanon with sustained injuries from the Tuesday multiple Pagers explosions across Beirut
00:37Taiwan's Gold Apollo said on Wednesday that
00:41consulting KFT based in Budapest has a license to use its brand and made the model of Pagers used in the
00:48detonations in Lebanon a day earlier
00:51according to AFP report regarding the
00:54924 Pager model mentioned in the recent media reports
00:59We clarified that this model is produced and sold by BAC
01:03Gold Apollo said in a statement as he met with journalists at his office in Taiwan
01:09HSU said the Pagers used in the explosion were made by a company in Europe that had the right to use the Taiwanese firm's brand
01:18Reuters reported the Wednesday meeting with journalists at the Taiwanese Pager firm
01:23Gold Apollo said it had only licensed out its brand to the company and was not involved in the production of the devices
01:31according to a senior Lebanese security source and another source
01:35Explosives inside the devices were planted by Israel's Mossad spy agency
01:41Images of destroyed Pagers analyzed by Reuters showed a format and stickers on the back that were consistent with Pagers made by Gold Apollo
01:49The product was not ours. It was only that it had our brand on it. Gold Apollo founder and president
01:57Hsu Ching-Kwan told reporters at the company's offices in the northern Taiwanese city of New Taipei on Wednesday
02:05The company said in a statement that the AR
02:09924 model was produced and sold by BAC
02:13Gold Apollo authorized back to use our brand trademark for product sales in specific regions
02:20But the design and manufacturing of the products are entirely handled by BAC
02:25The statement said Reuters calls and emails to back on Wednesday morning were not answered
02:33Hsu said earlier there had been problems with remittances from the firm
02:38The remittance was very strange. He said, adding that payments had come through the Middle East
02:44He did not elaborate further
02:47Hezbollah fighters began using Pagers in the belief they would be able to evade Israeli tracking of their locations
02:53Two sources familiar with the group's operations told Reuters this year
02:59Hsu said he did not know how the Pagers could have been rigged to explode
03:04While Hsu was meeting with reporters police officials arrived at the company
03:11Officials from Taiwan's economy ministry also visited Gold Apollo
03:15The ministry said in a statement that there was no record of direct Pager exports from Taiwan to Lebanon
03:22Hsu also said Gold Apollo was a victim of the incident and planned to sue the licensee
03:28We may not be a large company, but we are a responsible one, he said
03:34This is very embarrassing
03:36According to Reuters on Wednesday
03:38Meanwhile, the exploded Pagers killed 12 people in Lebanon
03:43Including two children the country's health minister said on Wednesday
03:48Updating the toll a day after the blasts blammed on Israel
03:53Hundreds of the wireless devices exploded simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday
03:58Hours after Israel said it was broadening the aims of the Gaza war to include its fight against Hezbollah
04:05Israel has yet to comment on the unprecedented attacks on Wednesday
04:10Lebanese health minister Feris Abias said 12 people were killed and between
04:172750 and
04:192800 others were wounded
04:21Revising the toll up from 9
04:23dead after checking with all the hospitals the toll was revised to
04:2812 dead including two children. Abias told a news conference
04:33They then included a girl and a boy as well as for health workers from private hospitals in Beirut
04:40Southern suburbs who had Pagers he said
04:43Abias said that the attack was very big with about
04:482,800 wounded people pouring into Lebanese hospitals within half an hour
04:54The Pagers went off in the Iran but Hezbollah groups made strongholds of southern Beirut and Lebanon's east and south
05:01Some cases in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley were transferred to Syria while other cases would be evacuated to Iran
05:09he added
05:11about
05:12750 wounded people were in the south around
05:16150 were in the Bekaa Valley and some
05:201850 were in Beirut and its southern suburbs
05:23He said a little less than 300 patients are in critical condition
05:29With some suffering from face injuries and brain hemorrhaging Abias said
05:34The wounded who arrived at the emergency room were not all young men
05:39We saw children and elderly people
05:41Abias said according to AFP reports
05:45The Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah has vowed to take revenge after blaming Israel for detonating Pagers on Tuesday that killed
05:5312 people and wounded
05:552,800 others including many of the militant groups fighters and Iran's envoy to Beirut
06:01Rotas reports that the country's information minister Ziad Makkari has condemned the destruction of the Pagers
06:08used by Hezbollah and others in Lebanon to communicate
06:12Egypt Today magazine reported that Egypt has restated its unwavering keenness on Lebanon's security and stability and the no
06:20violation of its sovereignty by any external party following the tragic detonation of Pager devices across Lebanon on Tuesday
06:28Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs
06:30Bada Abdelati reached out to Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Minister of Foreign Affairs
06:37Abdela Bouhabi, conveying Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's reaffirmation of this support
06:44Sisi has directed Abdelati to proudly engage with Lebanese officials
06:49I found full support to Lebanon and
06:52Offer the provision of all possible forms of assistance in the wake of this tragic incident
06:57Read a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in his discussions
07:03Abdelati reiterated a caution against the escalating regional tensions and warned against pushing the region into an all-out war
07:11He highlighted the alarming and swift developments unfolding in southern Lebanon as ominous signs that the region stands on the brink of a
07:19perilous turning point due to irresponsible and reckless unilateral actions. Read the statement
07:25The Foreign Minister underscored the critical importance of averting further escalation through an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a
07:33cessation of Israeli assaults in the West Bank and a swift deal ensuring the release of captives and prisoners
07:40alongside unimpeded access to humanitarian and medical aid in Gaza
07:45CNN revealed that the assault was a coordinated effort between Israel's intelligence service, the Mossad and the Israeli military
07:54Israel hid explosives in the gold Apollo pages before they were imported to Lebanon
07:59The New York Times reported citing American and other officials briefed on the operation
08:06The Israeli intelligence added a switch to the device for remote detonation
08:11Egypt Today magazine reported
08:13France 24 few hours ago also reported that the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Egyptian president
08:21Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other Egyptian officials on wed in his 10th trip to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began nearly
08:29one year ago
08:30Blinken is expected to hold a press conference with Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Atti, but will not be visiting Israel in this round of
08:40Diplomacy. The top US diplomats visit comes as the region remains on high alert
08:46particularly after militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel
08:50Accusing it of detonating pages across Lebanon on Tuesday, France 24 reported
08:56In another development, the Lebanese Minister of Education has directed the closure of all public and private schools
09:04including universities on wed in condemnation for a mass perjury attack that killed 12 persons and wounded
09:122,800 others across Lebanon
09:14The minister, Abbas Al-Halabi, said schools and universities
09:19Across Lebanon will close to condemn the criminal acts committed by the Israeli enemy against Lebanese citizens
09:26Most of the victims suffered injuries to the hand while some were also injured in the face
09:33abdomen and the eyes according to the health ministry