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I wonder what Israel did to ensure that only legitimate targets were harmed by the sabotaged pagers.
by NelsonMinar 2y ago
I wonder what Israel did to ensure that only legitimate targets were harmed by the sabotaged pagers.
- yoavm 2y agoThe fact that these pagers were to be used by Hezbollah is what they did.
- rdtsc 2y agoWould we be surprised if the answer is “nothing”. Of course we can read anything we want from the silence, as it’s unlike we’re getting any details about it. Anything in the range of “of course they did, we’re talking about a civilized country” to “of course they didn’t, how could they”.
- Suppafly 2y ago[flagged]
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- ars 2y agoThese pagers were distributed only to Hezbollah members, these were not just standard pagers anyone could buy.
- helpfulContrib 2y ago[dead]
- sureglymop 2y agoEven though I personally doubt this statement, care to explain how that would possibly be enough? If an explosion happens, everyone in range is hit.
- yoavm 2y agoWith the size of these explosions, the "range" seems very small.
- ars 2y ago> everyone in range is hit. The range is tiny. Go watch some videos, for example this one: https://x.com/DrEliDavid/status/1836037485492629605 https://x.com/DrEliDavid/status/1836037485492629605 People standing directly next to the target are unharmed.
- s1artibartfast 2y ago"Enough" to meet what criteria? A couple foot blast on handheld device on a military personnel is brain surgery in comparison to typical rockets with accuracy and blast radii measured in double digit meters
- jandrewrogers 2y agoSmall charges (measured in grams) are extremely local and typically highly directional. They have a distinctive signature that is in evidence here. It isn't like a giant bomb going off.
- tptacek 2y agoHezbollah operates a parallel telecommunications network. They are not a terrorist group so much as the de facto government of Lebanon and a parallel armed forces. It is unlikely that anyone unaffiliated with Hezbollah could have used these pagers.
- jknoepfler 2y agolike I don't know, someone's spouse or child? Someone standing next to the thing when it's sitting on a night stand?
- seo-speedwagon 2y agoHezbollah also has a massive social services wing, operating hospitals, schools, etc. I'd keep that in mind when hitching my wagon to this line of thinking.
- ars 2y agoThose people aren't getting a secure one-way pager giving them secret messages. They use a standard phone.
- seo-speedwagon 2y agoNothing in the linked article backs up the implication that only members of Helbollah’s militant wing had these. It did, however, mention that an 8 year old girl was killed by one of them. Which is a foreseeable consequence of widely distributing a bunch of bombs and then detonating them without regard for who’s nearby.
- rougka 2y ago[flagged]
- wut42 2y agoSome sources are saying that some medics have been victims. Pagers are apparently a very useful resource for emergencies/medics (see motorola website). The pagers were not secure at all also.
- NelsonMinar 2y agoDo you have a reference for that? And does it explain how Israel's assassins were sure none of the pagers weren't resold, nor given away, nor that someone's kid was playing with it?
- jknoepfler 2y agoyou realize they exploded, right? potentially as someone's child was nearby. or playing with it. or in the middle of a grocery story.
- swarnie 2y ago[flagged]
- astrange 2y agoIraq War deaths are actually kind of lower than you'd expect them to be. Low enough if that if you want to score him, GWB is net positive because of PEPFAR. It's so good it saved many more lives than even two pointless wars lost.
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