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[nycfan]

Nine killed, 2,750 wounded across Lebanon as Hezbollah pagers explode

Hezbollah official calls it the group’s ‘biggest security breach’ in nearly a year of cross-border fire with Israel.

www.aljazeera.com

400 explosions or 400 affected?

Stepping back, entirely in a vacuum, this is an impressive op that likely has the potential to disrupt communications among these groups as they try to figure out what other equipment they are using might be compromised.

 

[2ManyBlueCups]

Stepping back, entirely in a vacuum, this is an impressive op that likely has the potential to disrupt communications among these groups as they try to figure out what other equipment they are using might be compromised.

Truly impressive work by Israel.

 

[nycfan]

A "company you keep" injury?

 

[Geisterfahrer]

Stepping back, entirely in a vacuum, this is an impressive op that likely has the potential to disrupt communications among these groups as they try to figure out what other equipment they are using might be compromised.

Not to mention potentially crippling (literally) their entire command and control.

 

[nycfan]

Good grief ... if you have successfully deployed these devices, why use them now?



Wildly successful op or not, this certainly raises the regional temperature more as it appears the Netanyahu government will do everything in its power to derail a peaceful solution to the war in Gaza.

 

[SnoopRob]

Nine killed, 2,750 wounded across Lebanon as Hezbollah pagers explode

Hezbollah official calls it the group’s ‘biggest security breach’ in nearly a year of cross-border fire with Israel.

www.aljazeera.com

400 explosions or 400 affected?

My first thought was, "How do you make a pager explode?"

I found this...

“The enemy (Israel) stands behind this security incident,” the official said, without elaborating. He added that the new pagers that Hezbollah members were carrying had lithium batteries that apparently exploded.

Lithium batteries, when overheated, can smoke, melt and even catch on fire. Rechargeable lithium batteries are used in consumer products ranging from cellphones and laptops to electric cars. Lithium battery fires can burn up to 590 C (1,100 F).

Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands

Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded near simultaneously in parts of Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people — including members of the militant group Hezbollah and a young girl.

apnews.com

I'm not sure that really explains a lot, but it's some information. I wonder if the pagers were tampered with before they were distributed or if the folks behind this used knowledge of how these pagers work to determine a way to cause them to detonate. Either way, what a strange way to go about attacking folks.

 

[2ManyBlueCups]

Good grief ... if you have successfully deployed these devices, why use them now?



Wildly successful op or not, this certainly raises the regional temperature more as it appears the Netanyahu government will do everything in its power to derail a peaceful solution to the war in Gaza.

CNN reported last week that Sinwar (Hamas leader) sent a letter to Nasrallah (Hezbollah leader) stating that he wants the war to continue and that Hezbollah is an important part of that. If Israel recognizes that the war is no where close to being over, it would make sense to take out thousands of Hezbollah fighters with very little collateral damage when they have the chance.

 

[Carolina Fever]

How can you make pagers explode? This is pretty scary. Can you imagine someone figuring out how to make mobile phones explode here?

 

[Ddseddse]

How can you make pagers explode? This is pretty scary. Can you imagine someone figuring out how to make mobile phones explode here?

Yeah, this news has a "genie out of the bottle" feel to it, doesn't it.

 

[Carolina Fever]

How would they be able to send out tampered pagers to the members of Hezbollah? Seems they would have to have someone on the inside to deliver the pagers. Over 2700 people is a lot of people.

 

[Ddseddse]

How would they be able to send out tampered pagers to the members of Hezbollah? Seems they would have to have someone on the inside to deliver the pagers. Over 2700 people is a lot of people.

At this stage I'd say the more likely explanation is a software hack to make the pagers overheat and the batteries burst into high intensity flames. Probably never needed access to the physical devices.

 

[BlooVooDoo]

How would they be able to send out tampered pagers to the members of Hezbollah? Seems they would have to have someone on the inside to deliver the pagers. Over 2700 people is a lot of people.

A hack to induce the battery to rapidly overheat?

 

[Carolina Fever]

At this stage I'd say the more likely explanation is a software hack to make the pagers overheat and the batteries burst into high intensity flames. Probably never needed access to the physical devices.

That is really scary if they could do it without physically manipulating them to overheat. Can you imagine terrorist groups finding a way to do this? Or China, North Korea and Russia?

 

[Geisterfahrer]

Pegasus hacked phones without direct access or physical proximity.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[Ddseddse]

Such bullshit. This is a new war, full stop.

This is a "new phase of the war" in more or less precisely the same way that a Russian invasion of Poland would be a "new phase" in it's war against Ukraine.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[RaiGuy]