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Türkiye reviews communication device security following Lebanon blasts
Ankara has implemented additional measures for cases where third parties are involved in the procurement or production of devices, a Turkish official said.
Türkiye reviews communication device security following Lebanon blasts
Following the deadly blasts in Lebanon, a Turkish defence ministry official announced on Thursday that Türkiye is reassessing its measures to secure the communication devices used by its armed forces. / Photo: AA Archive / AA Archive

Türkiye is reviewing its measures to secure the communication devices used by its armed forces after the deadly blasts in Lebanon, a Turkish defence ministry official said on Thursday.

Hand-held radios used by armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the group and Israel nearly a year ago, stoking tensions after similar explosions of the militants' pagers the day before.

The blasts appeared to throw Hezbollah, Iran's most powerful proxy in the Middle East, into disarray, and occurred alongside Israel's 11-month-old onslaught on Palestine's Gaza and heightened fears of an escalation in the region.

Türkiye's military exclusively uses domestically-produced equipment but Ankara had additional control mechanisms in place if a third party is involved in procurement or production of devices, the Turkish official noted.

"Whether in the operations we carry out, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and as with the Lebanon example, measures are reviewed and new measures are being developed as part of the lessons learned following each development," the official said.

"In the context of this incident, we as the Defence Ministry are carrying out the necessary examinations," the person added, without providing further detail.

In Tuesday's explosions, sources said Israeli spies remotely detonated explosives they planted in a Hezbollah order of 5,000 pagers before they entered the country.

The unprecedented attacks have prompted concerns over cyber-security around the region.

Iraq's national security council said on Wednesday it would take preventive measures against any possible breach from electronic imports, adding that intensive security checks will be implemented on imports along with stronger border checks.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Thursday told Anadolu news agency that establishing an independent agency for cyber-security specifically was on the government's agenda after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced a necessity for it, and added it would be formed "very soon".

SOURCE:TRTWorld and agencies
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