As dozens of walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday – a day after blasts targeted the pagers of Hezbollah members injured thousands – Israel has said a “new era” of war is beginning, tacitly acknowledging its role in the shock operation which has pushed the region back to the brink of wider conflict.

In Lebanon, exploding pagers and booby-trapped walkie-talkies – believed to be set off by Israel – have rattled Hezbollah and captured the world’s attention. What do they portend?

The company linked to the manufacture of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria is based in a duplex in a quiet neighborhood of the Hungarian capital