Operation Apollo – The Mossad’s Pager Attack
SEPTEMBER 2024: THOUSANDS OF PAGERS EXPLODE SIMULATNEOUSLY ACROSS LEBANON — A SECRET MOSSAD OPERATION THAT REDEFINES THE LIMITS OF MODERN WARFARE. ‘OPERATION APOLLO‘ EXPOSES THE HIDDEN MECHANICS BEHIND ONE OF THE MOST DARING INTELLIGENCE STRIKES OF OUR TIME.
Year
2025
Length
3x 30 Min, 1x 45 Min
Director
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Synopsis
In the early afternoon of September 17, 2024, a series of simultaneous explosions tears through Lebanon. The source: pagers. These old-fashioned communication devices suddenly turned into lethal weapons. Within seconds, thousands detonate. Only one day later, Walkie Talkies detonate, striking leading Hezbollah members and turning the covert operation into a full-scale intelligence offensive. More than forty people die, over three thousand are injured.
Behind the attack lies a covert mission planned in absolute secrecy, conducted by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. Its objective is the targeted elimination of Hezbollah’s military leadership.
The series reconstructs, step by step, how a decades-old technology became a weapon of surgical precision. From the painstaking infiltration of supply chains and the manipulation of batteries, to the moment the pagers were distributed among unsuspecting operatives, ‘Operation Apollo’ unveils the anatomy of a modern intelligence strike.
Through testimonies from both sides of the conflict, the documentary reveals the unseen dimensions of power, surveillance, and moral ambiguity at the heart of ‘Operation Apollo – The Mossad’s Pager Attack’.
Author & Director
Marcus Weller
Sound
Carsten Kramer
Tobias Engelhard
Favio Claure
Erez Levi
Yossi Bar
Sound Mix
Pierre Brand
Music
Mo Harris Sommer
Camera
Felix Greif
André Götzmann
Uri Ackerman
Avner Shahaf
Tomer Slutski
Camera Assistant – Dramatic Scenes
Henning Fischer
Editor
Phil Glauner
Jens Greuner
Production Design
Greta Bolzoni
Carolina Duarte Bernado
Graphics and Animation
Studio Fritz Gnad
Colorist
Andreas Teichert
Archive Producer
Sabine Kues
Florian Tropp
Productionmanagement
Tilo Gläßer, ZDF
Marcel Rechten, beetz brothers
Lóránd Barabás, beetz brothers
Herstellungsleitung
Ferdinand Freising
Local Producers
Duki Dror
Ilan Sheizaf
Dana Wolfe
Katie Tam
Ahmad Wehbi
Producer
Eva Fouquet
Lena Marie Reimers
Executive Producer
Reinhardt Beetz
Commissioning Editor
Christian Rohde
Sales & distribution
- Press kit
- Press photos