Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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I didn't mix up nationality and ethnicity. I simply thought the article was about someone from Israel, which is why I used "Israeli" rather than "Jew".
Wounded, not killed(though i'm sure there may be a few fatalities. either due to the person already being in a weakened state or due to it happening while they were driving causing them to crash or something) I still wonder how this was pulled off, though. Must have been some major flaw in the design of those pagers to allow an exploit to cause the batteries to overheat on command.
Nothing to do with batteries - batteries, even overheating, don't blow like that and IIRC it was just a pair of AAs. Leading suggestion is that they were intercepted mid-shipment and had an explosive planted inside them. Sometimes, the old plays work the best, and the Mossad don't play around.
That's more like it. Specifically target the fascist militia, leave normal people alone as much as possible.
From the dead so far it seems remarkably precise.
From the BBC:
www.bbc.com
Hezbollah pagers: How did they explode and who is responsible?
The attacks left nine dead and thousands injured, but how the blasts occurred remains unclear.
I saw a basic report on this last night on my local news: and all I could wonder was why did the pagers have explosives in them in the first place? But yeah, makes sense as a large scale counter intelligence op.
US officials briefed on it have basically confirmed the explosive additions by Israel, who were tipped off that this was a Hezbollah order - and as to the timing, they've apparently been lobbing low accuracy rockets for weeks into northern Israel, some as recently as Sunday and Monday. Sounds like it was basically a targeted reprisal.
Article on the first part: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-pagers-explosives.html
Paywall removed version: https://archive.is/5PZDJ
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And now there's reports of a brand of walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah(and bought around 5 months ago, same time as the pagers) going boom in Beirut today.
According to this article it happened after they announced they'd launched another wave of attacks, so yeah, attempts at targeted reprisal.
Article on the first part: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-pagers-explosives.html
Paywall removed version: https://archive.is/5PZDJ
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And now there's reports of a brand of walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah(and bought around 5 months ago, same time as the pagers) going boom in Beirut today.
According to this article it happened after they announced they'd launched another wave of attacks, so yeah, attempts at targeted reprisal.
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Yes remarkably precise. There are videos of these things going off in public spaces like supermarkets. If the US had done this the international community would have our heads for it.From the BBC:
Hezbollah pagers: How did they explode and who is responsible?
The attacks left nine dead and thousands injured, but how the blasts occurred remains unclear.
These were specifically Hezbollah devices, not a randomly intercepted shipment to Walmart:
I'm sure we'll hear more details of civilians deaths, but expect the large majority of all casualties to be legit Hezbollah targets.
Apparently the mass detonations were supposed to be saved for a decapitating strike in the middle of a potential "final" battle with Hezbollah. The bombs were discovered prematurely, so Israel detonated:
Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say
Israel carried out its operation against Hezbollah on Tuesday by hiding explosive material within a new batch of Taiwanese-made pagers
dnyuz.com
I'm sure we'll hear more details of civilians deaths, but expect the large majority of all casualties to be legit Hezbollah targets.
Apparently the mass detonations were supposed to be saved for a decapitating strike in the middle of a potential "final" battle with Hezbollah. The bombs were discovered prematurely, so Israel detonated:
With a limited explosive ordinance. The pager explosions are small, the most shared supermarket video the only one hurt is the Hezbollah operative wearing it. It's not as if they wiped out the supermarket or took out a bunch of people nearby.
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Clearly the goal was to harm the person using it and these pagers were ordered specifically by Hezbollah for their own use.
It is not a coincidence the vast majority of the dead identified from them are Hezbollah. There will be some civilians injured and killed, but these are limited and precise attacks. It's too bad any innocent Lebanese died or were hurt, but Hezbollah started this war and if they stopped lobbing rockets indiscriminately into northern Israel and stopped letting Hamas attack from its territory the fighting would stop immediately.
Funeral Held For 9-Year-Old Girl Killed In Lebanon Pager Explosions
Fatima Abdullah had recently started fourth grade.