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Explosions linked to walkie-talkies kill at least nine in fresh Lebanon attack (www.theguardian.com)
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Explosions apparently targeting walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah have killed at least nine people and wounded at least 300 in cities across Lebanon, a day after more than 2,800 were injured and 12 killed by exploding pagers in an attack blamed on Israel.

A source in Hezbollah confirmed that walkie-talkies used by the group were targeted in the attack. A senior security source said the individual explosions were “small in size”, similar to Tuesday’s attacks.

Several solar power systems exploded in people’s homes across Lebanon, according to the National News Agency, injuring at least one girl in the town of al-Zahrani, south Lebanon. Pictures of exploded solar panels, fingerprint readers and other devices circulated social media, though it was unclear whether they blew up by themselves or were near walkie-talkies that exploded.

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[–] erenkoylu@lemmy.ml 49 points 2 months ago

radical fundamentalist jewish terrorism.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 43 points 2 months ago

[–] ShadowRam@fedia.io 39 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Wow,

What's the trigger here?

These are mines hidden in civilian products.

Exploding either on purpose (triggered remotely), how do they verify their target before exploding?

What happens to misfires?

How the fuck did Israel think this was a good idea?

Civilian takes their pager through an airport, gets flagged and imprisoned for life?

What a clusterfuck

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Israel has shown again and again that it doesn't care how many civilians it kills. Like any fascist state, it wears its lack of compassion with pride.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How the fuck did Israel think this was a good idea?

Probably for the same reason it thinks committing genocide is a good idea.

[–] RageAgainstThe@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 months ago

It doesn't matter, Israel can murder anyone with impunity. They just cite Hamas, Self-defense or "security measures".

Then Matthew "Dracula" Miller says they will "look into it" and call it a day.

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee -5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why would Hezbollah give the pagers they bought for military communication to civilians?

[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Military personnel have families.

[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 7 points 2 months ago

And live among civilians when they're expecting to be paged

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

they bought for military communication

[citation needed]

[–] match@pawb.social 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The attacks began just a day after Biden administration adviser Amos Hochstein met Netanyahu and Gallant in an effort to de-escalate tensions with Hezbollah. After that, the Israeli PM announced that returning tens of thousands of Israeli residents to their homes in northern Israel had become a key war aim, suggesting Israel could be preparing for further escalation.

amazing work guys

[–] anarcho_blinkenist@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

at the same time as ever more nuclear brinksmanship against Russia at the expense of who knows how many hundred thousands people on and between both 'sides' of the shitshow in Ukraine. THIS is the "damage control" candidate in the US?

lmfao I'm voting PSL fuck all of these people. Democrats going around congress twice to shovel as many guns and bombs as they can hoping Israel finishes off Gaza before the elections, Trump only being different in that he's open about the same; Palestinians have said both candidates and parties are the same for them, and they've been the same for us.

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago

2 kids died from this terror attack

[–] SoJB@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

I want to see Tel Aviv ✨glow ✨