A smartphone exploded at a Muscovite on Arbat Street during an Israeli cyber attack on Hezbollah

The phone exploded in the hands of a Muscovite on the Arbat during yesterday's Israeli cyber attack on Hezbollah militants. According to the telegram channel Mash, "the Honor 70 smartphone exploded."

"The man was injured in the arm. He did not wait for the ambulance, ran away in an unknown direction. Eyewitnesses called the security services. Now they are looking for the victim and have given the phone to experts. Against the background of the latest news from Lebanon, law enforcement officers decided to check the device whether it was from the batch of equipment that was replaced in the Middle East market [Israeli intelligence] Mossad. However, apparently, the Honor just overheated the battery," writes TK.

It is noted that Huawei and Honor phones were actively used by Hamas militants before and during the attack on October 7, 2023. Representatives of the Israeli special services said that they could not hack them, since Chinese smartphones have their own encrypted ecosystem. Later, information appeared in the media that "chinaphones" are being actively studied in Jerusalem.

As EADaily reported, on September 17 and 18, large-scale explosions of pagers, radio stations, walkie-talkies and other equipment from the militants of the Hezbollah group took place in Lebanon. More than 20 people died, almost 4,500 were injured. Hezbollah representatives blamed the explosions on Israeli intelligence services that used viruses or installed explosives in the devices themselves.

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said today, September 19, that the massive explosions of various electronic devices — pagers, phones, walkie-talkies that occurred in Lebanon need a thorough investigation. He noted that international institutions should develop measures against such high-tech attacks, otherwise no one will feel safe.