The Times and The Sunday Times's video: Manufacturer of Hezbollah radios says they may have been counterfeits

Yoshiki Enomoto, the director of Icom, says it's possible that the walkie-talkies that were detonated in Lebanon were counterfeit products. Hezbollah said that 20 of its members were killed in the walkie-talkie blasts on Wednesday. Lebanon is on edge after thousands of electronic devices exploded across the country over the past two days, leaving 32 dead and more than 2,000 people injured. READ MORE: https://www.thetimes.com/world/israel-hamas-war/article/hezbollah-latest-news-walkie-talkie-lebanon-attack-7s203djh0 In what appears to be a highly-targeted operation, which security sources claim is the work of Mossad, the Israeli spy agency, electronic pagers belonging to Hezbollah members exploded on Tuesday, while on Wednesday, it was walkie-talkies. The escalation in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah comes as Israel declared a “new phase” of its war against the Iranian-backed militia. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/