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 withAt 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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