Taiwanese manufacturer denies involvement in Lebanon's explosive phone attacks, implicates Hungarian company.

• Gold Apollo, a Taiwanese pager manufacturer, denied allegations that its devices were used in the deadly attacks in Lebanon that resulted in the deaths of at least 12 people and injuries to nearly 3,000 others.
• BAC, a Hungary-based company, was responsible for the design and manufacturing of the pagers, as stated by the company.
• Israel has been accused of involvement in the attack by Hezbollah, who have threatened retaliation. Israel has remained silent on the matter.

Gold Apollo, a Taiwanese pager manufacturer, denied allegations that its devices were used in the deadly attacks in Lebanon that resulted in the deaths of at least 12 people and injuries to nearly 3,000 others.

On Tuesday evening, thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon exploded simultaneously, overwhelming local emergency services and hospitals with wounded patients. According to Lebanese security sources, the devices contained explosives planted by Mossad, Israel's intelligence service.

According to Hsu Ching-kuang, founder and president of Gold Apollo, the product in question was not theirs, but only had their brand on it. He stated this during a press conference in New Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. He further revealed that the AR-924 devices were manufactured by BAC Consulting, a company based in Budapest, Hungary.

BAC has been granted permission by Gold Apollo to use its brand trademark for product sales in certain regions, but the design and production of the products are entirely managed by BAC.

BAC did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC.

Hezbollah, a powerful organization in Lebanon backed by Iran, distributed pagers to its members who had stopped using cell phones to avoid Israeli surveillance.

The attack was labeled as "Israeli aggression" by Hezbollah, while Israel has not made any comments. Mojtaba Amani, Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, was among the injured, and a son of a Hezbollah member of parliament was killed in the blast.

The Lebanese group, which has daily exchanges of fire with Israel, has vowed retaliation, raising fears of all-out war in a region already devastated by conflict. Hezbollah has launched thousands of rockets into Israel in the past year, since the latter began its war against Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza on Oct. 7. Tens of thousands of people in both Lebanon and Israel have been evacuated from their homes.

Hezbollah's leadership has previously stated that it does not seek a broader conflict, but would defend itself if provoked by Israel. Just before the mass pager detonation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his government's objective to return its citizens, who were displaced by Hezbollah attacks, to their homes in Israel's north.