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Hundreds of Hezbollah members hurt and some killed after pagers explode (www.theguardian.com)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_pager_explosions

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[-] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Crazy, that tactic sounds straight out of a science fiction novel - 80s science-fiction, given it's pagers, but still... I really wonder how they pulled it off. Did the IDF design the explosive pagers in the first place or did they find some insane hardware/software flaw that allowed that kind of remote explosion?

[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

NYT reports they added explosives.

[-] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

They had to be designed or modified to explode. Which makes it a big question of where they came from. Lots of legitimate ways Israel could have done it, and a lot of ways that could involve violating laws and treaties.

[-] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Some where, there's a guy in a basement getting a handshake and plaque.

[-] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Oh for sure Israel is handing out some commendations. I'm just curious how they managed it because there could be implications that arise. If it was a company helping them, there could be financial repercussions, if it was the CIA there could be political issues.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Seems like Israel pulled a mass Galaxy Note 7.

Here's a good video (NSFW) https://youtu.be/JRQzbazXgXs

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