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E1436: Was Hezbollah Using ICOM Radios? Or Were They Fake?

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By now everyone has heard about the Pager and Walkie Talkie explosion in the Middle East. Although some of the radios might say "Icom" on them, they may not be genuine. Let's take a look...
Links in the video: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-planted-explosives-hezbollahs-taiwan-made-pagers-say-sources-2024-09-18/ https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1836412256092881005 https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1836411606139367848
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-are-the-icom-ic-v82-radios-exploding-in-lebanon/ar-AA1qMI4B?ocid=BingNewsVerp
https://www.icomjapan.com/explore/genuine_info/
https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-pager-explosion-e9493409a0648b846fdcadffdb02d71e

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