Thousands injured, several dead after pagers explode across Lebanon: Health officials

Isn't this akin to a plot line in The Wire when the cops sell the Barksdale crew pre-tapped pagers?

 

It sounds like explosives were planted in a large number of the Taiwan-made pagers exported to Lebanon. Were only the ones bought by Hezbollah members detonated, or did others go off as well?

Regardless, I'm personally disheartened by this tactic. It weaponized goods that should have been freely traded between countries, which should not be acceptable.

Also, while it is not comparable to suicide bombings in terms of degree, it nevertheless has the effect of instilling terror into a civilian population. People should not live in fear of things that could be part of their everyday lives.

 

Lol

 

These pagers were specifically purchased by Hezbollah. It was a brilliant operation. Anyone who is sad about it is wrong.

 

Hezbollah is busy destabilizing Lebanon, in my opinion, in order to do the bidding of Iran's religious dictatorship. Meanwhile, Netanyahu is busy destabilizing the entire region, especially Gaza, of course, so he can stay out of prison on charges of corruption. Much of his madness is designed to drag out the war there. If the war in Gaza ends, Netanyahu will likely end up in that prison cell, which will be much deserved, in my opinion.

I thought this was interesting. It's from last May via AP - different points of view:

Lebanese Christian leader says Hezbollah’s fighting with Israel has harmed Lebanon

BY BASSEM MROUE AND ABBY SEWELL
Updated 3:05 AM CDT, May 1, 2024

MAARAB, Lebanon (AP) — The leader of a main Christian political party in Lebanon blasted the Shiite militant group Hezbollah for opening a front with Israel to back up its ally Hamas, saying it has harmed Lebanon without making a dent in Israel’s crushing offensive in the Gaza Strip.

In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday night, Samir Geagea of the Lebanese Forces Party said Hezbollah should withdraw from areas along the border with Israel and the Lebanese army should deploy in all points where militants of the Iran-backed group have taken positions.

His comments came as Western diplomats try to broker a de-escalation in the border conflict amid fears of a wider war.

Hezbollah began launching rockets toward Israeli military posts on Oct. 8, the day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel in a surprise attack that sparked the crushing war in Gaza.

The near-daily violence has mostly been confined to the area along the border, and international mediators have been scrambling to prevent an all-out war. The fighting has killed 12 soldiers and 10 civilians in Israel. More than 350 people have been killed in Lebanon including 273 Hezbollah fighters and more than 50 civilians.

“No one has the right to control the fate of a country and people on its own,” Geagea said in his heavily guarded headquarters in the mountain village of Maarab. “Hezbollah is not the government in Lebanon. There is a government in Lebanon in which Hezbollah is represented.” In addition to its military arm, Hezbollah is a political party.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to launch an offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah despite international calls for restraint.

Geagea said Hezbollah aims through the ongoing fighting to benefit its main backer, Iran, by giving it a presence along Israel’s border and called for the group to withdraw from border areas and Lebanese army deploy in accordance with a U.N. Security Council resolution that ended the 34-day Israel-Hezbollah war in 2006.

Geagea also discussed the campaign by his party to repatriate Syrian refugees who fled war into Lebanon.

Those calls intensified after a Syrian gang was blamed for last month’s killing of Lebanese Forces official Pascal Suleiman, allegedly in a carjacking gone wrong, although many initially suspected political motives.

Lebanon, with a total population of around 6 million, hosts what the U.N. refugee agency says are nearly 785,000 U.N.-registered Syrian refugees, of which 90% rely on aid to survive. Lebanese officials estimate there may be 1.5 million or 2 million, of whom only around 300,000 have legal residency.

Human rights groups say that Syria is not safe for mass returns and that many Syrians who have gone back — voluntarily or not — have been detained and tortured.

Geagea, whose party is adamantly opposed to the government of President Bashar Assad in Syria, insisted that only a small percentage of Syrians in Lebanon are true political refugees and that those who are could go to opposition-controlled areas of Syria.

The Lebanese politician suggested his country should follow in the steps of Western countries like Britain, which passed controversial legislation last week to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda.

“In Lebanon we should tell them, guys, go back to your country. Syria exists,” said Geagea, who headed the largest Christian militia during Lebanon’s 1975-90 civil war.

https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-...-israel-gaza-01ea179f1b6f5a4b131a2b1f715d883f

 

Pagers do not support bold text.

 

I'm assuming the trigger mechanism is based off a targeted signal or number, so whoever's pager didn't go off should probably get them examined in case they had a dud.

I disagree with your feelings on the subject and think this is high spec spycraft where Hezbollah has long been known as an asymmetric terror group hiding among civilians. This is way better than lobbing a $2M smart missile to level a coffee shop a ranking member is visiting.

Israelis on the ground will probably pay for the retaliation but Israel is fighting one of the most intense proxy wars with Iran in recent memory, which is where Hezbollah mostly got their 100,000 missiles from.

 

How do pagers explode?

DD

 

@Salvy
@Rocket River
@Os Trigonum

 

I wonder how the families of the hostages feel about this?

 

**** the Israeli government and **** Hezbo… we need to cut off all aid and support with Israel and Iran. They can blow each other up without our involvement.

Both of these entities are out of control - they can do this without us having any part of it.

If people like Eli David don’t like it, they can stay in the Middle East.

Disgusting.

 

Go IDF! Go Mossad!

 

You know this post is to get people riled up so don't complain about how people respond

That being said citizens injured in the mist of for example Hamas leaders hiding among them have to look at whom they put in power

 

Does Trump have a pager?

Asking for a friend.



DD

 

Got 3 pagers for the entire stupid week, will let you know if it explodes


whatever the case, glad POS Izrael is forcing Hezboallah to retaliate seriously

 

I found the person responsible for this plot
@ROXRAN
@Salvy

 

@AroundTheWorld
@Salvy

it could have been Diddy , he sent out a page to 3000 dudes for the lube parties