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And now... Hezbollah hand-held radios detonate across Lebanon, sources say (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Using a beepr doesn't make you a terrorist. Sig int is faulty and should never be used for targeting.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This batch of pagers was exclusively ordered and used by Hezbollah after their leader demanded they stop using Smartphones for security reasons. This isn't is sigint, it was a supply-chain attack. It wasn't random pagers that exploded, but only those that were distributed by the terrorist org to its officers.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Booby traps are a war crime, because they do not discriminate between civilians and combatants, even if you place them in a location that is only likely to be accessed by combatants. And public markets and banks and homes aren't that.

https://theconversation.com/pager-attack-on-hezbollah-was-a-sophisticated-booby-trap-operation-it-was-also-illegal-239360

A booby trap is defined by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the body charged with oversight and implementation of the Geneva Conventions and related treaties on the law of armed conflict, as a “harmless portable object” – but redesigned to contain explosive material. They are a prohibited means of warfare and are equally prohibited by law enforcement authorities.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Who held the pagers at the time they blew up? I used to love to play with my dad's pager as a kid.

Targeting using an electronic device is sigint. These people have families, and the Israeli terrorists murdered children with this attack. Did you read the article?