Worth noting that nobody "properly inspects" anything. That cell phone that was sent to you traveled via FedEx. Picked it up in-store? It was on a truck driving everywhere and stopping anywhere. Distributors? They got palettes from shipping containers after months at sea with crews with God knows what allegiances and prior histories. Even once you get it, it's all glued shut. Even if you could open it without destroying it, could you even understand everything inside it? Explosives work even if the packaging doesn't say "danger, explosive."
On the other hand, modern phones that are glued shut at the factory are very difficult to open up and tamper with without breaking them. So at least there's one upside to not being able to replace the battery when it starts going out.
Apparently, Israel seized the shipments of these pagers from Taiwan before they were delivered and embedded explosives inside the devices.
Hezbollah fucked up twice by not property inspecting the merchandise and losing sight of the manufacturing and delivery process.
Worth noting that nobody "properly inspects" anything. That cell phone that was sent to you traveled via FedEx. Picked it up in-store? It was on a truck driving everywhere and stopping anywhere. Distributors? They got palettes from shipping containers after months at sea with crews with God knows what allegiances and prior histories. Even once you get it, it's all glued shut. Even if you could open it without destroying it, could you even understand everything inside it? Explosives work even if the packaging doesn't say "danger, explosive."
I'm not in a hot war with anyone...
.. yet.
On the other hand, modern phones that are glued shut at the factory are very difficult to open up and tamper with without breaking them. So at least there's one upside to not being able to replace the battery when it starts going out.