Why wouldn't you claim that you have this kind of capability? It only is beneficial to you especially when you're Mossad.

It is a very weird thing to say though, given that the pagers targeted a very specific group doing very specific things with very specific processes using very specific tools (the pagers).

The logistics of that don't check out. That's not something that just lurks "everywhere".

So Devices "like" the pagers.. what does that mean?

I suppose cyber implants (for the lack of a better word) would be plausible, but also stretching the whole "like" comparison.

Yes, these agencies have implants in tech. All of them do. Where's the news?

After the 'exploding pagers', every government was inspecting and scanning their devices.

It's in Mossad's favor to keep everyone second-guessing.

Anyway consider this. If you were Israel, where would you put more effort in:

1) fighting off a militia that is in no case a match for a country armed with F35s and nuclear weapons;

2) keep benefiting from the "unwavering" support of the West (and, by a lesser extent, the flow of money from the US)- which both grants you a state-of-the-art army and weapons, and a full diplomatic cover and support in any circumstance, from the most important actors in the world.

Now consider the amount of effort and cleverness they put in 1), and infer the amount of effort and cleverness they must be putting in 2).

The article seems careful to say "manipulated equipment", which sounds more like snowden style eavesdropping devices than bombs. That would be more believable to me, as sneaking exploding devices into countries they are not at war with seems implausibly diplomatically stupid. It also mostly worked for hezbollah because they were a non state group that didnt have the budget to do supply chain security. I could see targeted spy devices being plausible, but hezbollah style exploding pagers doesnt seem all that plausible or even desirable against real countries.

Consider me doubtful.

If it was really true, i'm pretty sure they would STFU about it.