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{{Short description|Alphanumeric one-way pager by Gold Apollo}} |
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'''Gold Apollo AR924''' is a compact, alphanumeric one-way ] produced by, and also under the licence of, ], a ]ese company based in ].<ref name=":30">{{Cite web |title=Rugged Pager AR924|url=https://www.gapollo.com.tw/product/ar-924/ |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=Gold Apollo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://apollosystemshk.com/product/42.html |work= Apollo Systems HK |title= Gold Apollo Rugged Pager AR924 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240917160632/https://apollosystemshk.com/product/42.html |archive-date=17 September 2024 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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== Features == |
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The PC-programmable and hand-programmable pager is equipped with 4 buttons with two-way scrolling, a 4 lines LCD screen, and a removable lithium battery, rechargeable via a ] connector, and lasting up to 85 days with 2.5 hours of charging, according to information from Gold Apollo's website which was taken offline in the aftermath of the pager explosions in Lebanon on 17 September 2024 (see below).<ref name=":30" /> |
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The AR924 allows the user to store up to 30 messages with a maximum length of 100 characters. Its ] is 512/1200/2400 bit/s for ]. |
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From the start of 2022 until August 2024, Gold Apollo directly exported 260,000 sets of pagers from Taiwan, including over 40,000 between January and August 2024, according to Taiwan's Ministry for Economic Affairs, with most of these exported to the ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |title=What we know about the Taiwanese firm caught up in Lebanon’s exploding pagers attack |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/18/business/gold-apollo-taiwan-lebanon-exploding-pagers-hnk-intl/index.html |access-date=18 September 2024 |publisher=CNN |date=18 September 2024}}</ref> The ministry's figures recorded no direct exports of this pager from Taiwan to Lebanon being recorded during the same period, however indirect exports via third parties could not be ruled out.<ref>{{cite news |title=Taiwanese company Gold Apollo says it didn’t make pagers used in Lebanon |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/18/gold-apollo-hezbollah-lebanon-pagers/ |access-date=18 September 2024 |publisher=Washington Post |date=17 September 2024}}</ref> |
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== 2024 Israeli tampering and explosions in Lebanon == |
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{{Main|2024 Lebanon pager explosions}} |
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In 2024, Israeli intelligence personnel tampered with shipment of the pagers to Lebanon and added explosives to them, according to officials briefed on the operation.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 17, 2024 |title=Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-pagers-explosives.html}}</ref> |
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On 17 September 2024, some 5,000 AR924 pagers exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and parts of Syria, at around 3:30 pm local time, killing eleven people and injuring over 2,750.<ref name="u7362">{{cite web |last1=Belam |first1=Martin |last2=Lowe |first2=Yohannes |last3=Chao-Fong |first3=Léonie |last4=Ambrose |first4=Tom |last5=Graham-Harrison |first5=Emma |last6=Sabbagh |first6=Dan |last7=Wintour |first7=Patrick |date=17 September 2024 |title=Lebanon attacks 'an extremely concerning escalation', says UN official, as Hezbollah threatens retaliation – live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/sep/17/middle-east-crisis-live-netanyahu-expands-gaza-war-aims-blinken-heads-to-egypt |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> The explosions appeared to be a co-ordinated attack against the ] ] political party and ] group ].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=17 September 2024 |title=Hezbollah official: Exploded pagers were a new brand, replaced cellphones at Nasrallah's order |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-official-exploded-pagers-were-a-new-brand-replaced-cellphones-at-nasrallahs-order/ |access-date=17 September 2024 |website=The Times of Israel}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=2024-09-17 |title=Exploding Hezbollah devices reportedly issued in recent days |url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel-at-war/artc-exploding-hezbollah-devices-reportedly-issued-in-recent-days |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=i24NEWS |language=en}}</ref><ref name="u7362" /> Reportedly, some 500 Hezbollah members lost their eyesight in the explosions - however, no further elaboration on this number was provided.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Some 500 Hezbollah members lost eyesight in pager explosions|magazine=The Times of Israel|date=18 September 2024|access-date=18 September 2024|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-some-500-hezbollah-members-lost-eyesight-in-pager-explosions/}}</ref><ref name="tim" /> |
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The following day, Gold Apollo founder Hsu Ching-Kuang told reporters in Taiwan that the company did not manufacture the pagers involved in the explosions, but that they were made by its long-term partner, the Hungary-based company BAC Consulting KFT,<ref>{{cite news |title=Hungarian firm tied to pager blasts in Lebanon unmasked |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bytqokop0 |work=] |date=18 September 2024}}</ref> under a licence that had been in place for three years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gold-apollo-says-it-did-not-make-pagers-used-lebanon-explosion-2024-09-18/|date=2024-09-18|accessdate=2024-09-18|title=Gold Apollo says it did not make pagers used in Lebanon explosions|website=]}}</ref><ref name=tim> ''Barrons''.</ref><ref> ''Time''.</ref> BAC Consulting KFT cooperated with Gold Apollo and represented many of its products.<ref> ''Al Arabiya''.</ref> However, Gold Apollo did not provide any evidence of the contract.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lebanon pager blasts: Budapest-based BAC Consulting KFT under scrutiny |url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/lebanon-pager-blasts-budapest-based-bac-consulting-kft-under-scrutiny-5-key-facts-about-the-company-11726649234376.html |work=] |date=18 September 2024}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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* {{Section link|Casio F-91W|Usage in terrorism}} |
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