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© Thomson Reuters 2024.Israel planted explosives in 5,000 Hezbollah pagers, say sources
By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
21 Comments
Aly Rustom
There is a lot more to this story. Time will tell.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Sure would be nice if Hezbollah got out of hospital to find itself removed from government.
Mike_Oxlong
There have been calls for Israel to be more focused to target only combatants in its war with terrorist groups. The pager attack was as focused as possible is such a war.
Fighto!
Regardless of who planted the bombs, it beggars belief how unprofessional and reckless the Hezbollah terror organisation must be.
Not one of these 5000 pagers was vetted. It will certainly be back to using very traceable phones for them.
asusa tabi
@Fighto! "It will certainly be back to using very traceable phones for them":
no no, they are actually switching to messenger pigeons (one of the million memes flooding the internet)
Kumagaijin
I was quite surprised that Israel was able to carry out an attack like this. I mean, sneaking in tiny bombs into pagers is absolutely cut-throat espionage. I imagine the batteries were partial lithium, partial explosive material triggered by an electromagnetic signal.
Its not the first time Israel has done this sort of thing. Using a cell phone, they blew the head off Yahya Ayyash in 1996 who was the chief bomb maker for Hamas.
That said, its terrorism and Israel will be paying the price for its cowardly tactics in the future.
carpslidy
Isreal has no regard for human life
All those civilian casualties are inexcusable
Isreal is a terrorist state
asusa tabi
@carpslidy: "All those civilian casualties are inexcusable"
if you had the pager, you were hezbolla. not civilian. a plain hezbolla terrorist
NB
The Middle East conflict should be solved on the basis of the right of existence of both of the two nations on the pertinent land.
deanzaZZR
Another retired GI Joe addicted to violence and so out of touch with the Japanese (now) peaceful spirit.
robert maes
Impressive. No one messes unpunished with Israel or the Mossad.
carpslidy
A young girl was among the dead
So, this young girl was a terrorist?
kurisupisu
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Only nine dead but thousands wounded?
Many innocent people have been maimed and mutilated by Israel’s actions.
Israel has only amplified the massive hate which civilian populations of surrounding countries have for all things Israeli
Personally, the targeting of peaceful demonstrators, innocents,journalists, aid workers and others leave me feeling extremely sickened….
TaiwanIsNotChina
What are you going on about?
TaiwanIsNotChina
No attack is perfect, least of all a missile attack on a playground.
WoodyLee
"It demonstrates Israel's ability to infiltrate its adversaries in a remarkably dramatic way," said Paul Pillar, a 28-year veteran of the U.S. intelligence community, mainly at the CIA.
It's all about $$$$$$$$$$$, the more you pay the better INTEL you get, make no mistake about it , Lebanon economy is in shambles and $1000 can get you along way if not all the way to the top.
asusa tabi
@carpslidy: "A young girl was among the dead"
really? who told you? by chance, does this bit of "news" happen to come from iran/aljazira/hezbolla/hamas or proxy?
WoodyLee
Back to Hard Lines I guess, or better yet hand signals, LOL
These explosives can be planted in a cell phone or a pager fairly easy and could have been marked as a Resistor or a Diode or any other component and no will will notice it, my guess is these pagers were manufactured in Israel of course and shipped to Taiwan or where ever. This wont be the last and probably there are other devices out there in Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, Jordan, Egypt and many more. Stay TUNED.
carpslidy
No, from the Guardian