That has put a lesser-known Budapest-based consulting firm in focus. A Hungarian firm, BAC Consulting, is being linked to the thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon, killing at least nine people and leaving nearly 3,

Arcidiacono's company came under scrutiny after a Taiwanese firm said it had authorised BAC Consulting to use its name on the pagers that were detonated in fatal attacks in Lebanon and Syria.

Israel launched a series of strikes on Hezbollah targets Thursday as the war against the Lebanon-based group widened in the wake of two consecutive days of deadly explosions triggered in wireless devices.

At around 3:30 in the afternoon on Tuesday, the pagers across Lebanon began beeping, delivering a message from Hezbollah leadership to their operatives through a chorus of chimes, melodies, and buzzes.

Israel allegedly set up a shell company that has supplied Hezbollah with pagers since 2022, according to a US media report. Pagers were used in an explosives attack in Lebanon on Tuesday, which left 12 members of the terror group dead and thousands injured.