2024-11-18T16:04:33+00:00

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Shafaq News/ An Israeli drone strike on Mar
Elias Street in Beirut on Sunday killed Mahmoud Madi, a key logistics figure in
Hezbollah, along with three others, Arab media reported.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Health confirmed that 14
people were injured in the attack.

According to Al-Arabiya, Madi, the owner of Madi
Electronics, was alleged to be a supplier of communication devices to
Hezbollah. He reportedly played a pivotal role in securing technology for the
group, including a recent procurement of pagers and wireless communication
devices.

Despite these allegations, Madi’s brother denied
any ties between Mahmoud and armed groups, asserting that he was a
civilian.

The strike comes after a devastating series of
explosions last September involving communication devices linked to Hezbollah.
At least 32 people, including two children, were killed, and thousands were
injured when pagers and walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon.

A Hezbollah operative told the Associated Press
at that time that the exploding devices were a new model not previously used by
the group. A Lebanese security official said approximately 5,000 units of the
devices were imported five months ago.

Fragments from the devices pointed to the Rugged
Pager AR-924 model, manufactured under Gold Apollo’s branding. However, Gold
Apollo, a Taiwanese company, denied any connection to the explosions.

Gold Apollo’s founder, Hsu Ching-Kuang, stated
that the company had an agreement with a Hungarian-based firm, BAC, to produce
the devices. Hsu described the financial transactions with BAC as “very
strange” but did not provide additional details.