How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers NYT | Top Stories Sheera Frenkel, Ronen Bergman and Hwaida Saad 19 September 2024 at 10:51 The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse. © Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York TimesHezbollah supporters on Wednesday mourning the deaths of four comrades killed in the explosions.