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Israel carried out its operation against Hezbollah on Tuesday by hiding explosive material within a new batch of Taiwanese-made pagers imported into Lebanon, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation.

The pagers, which Hezbollah had ordered from Gold Apollo in Taiwan, had been tampered with before they reached Lebanon, according to some of the officials. Most were the company’s AP924 model, though three other Gold Apollo models were also included in the shipment.

The explosive material, as little as one to two ounces, was implanted next to the battery in each pager, two of the officials said. A switch was also embedded that could be triggered remotely to detonate the explosives.

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

Why should we all not expect our next Amazon device to be just a friendly brick with an ad on it?

Because, unless you can easily open the thing to see inside, there's enough space in side of all new phones to blow our leg or our faces off apparently.

Now thanks to this, phones don't fly. So hey, you're going to Hawaii? Better ship your phone separately on time so it gets there before you do. You want flights to be safe and not full of these dangerous bricks. Ofcourse, screw the mail man who will have to drive from the Continental United States over to Hawaii. It's a water truck... details details...

Should I buy a new device for my kids and or family or myself? Nope unless the thing is transparent like an iMac.

An iMac is an old model personal computer sold by Apple, where the chassis was mostly translucent with bright colors.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

This is crazy that we tolerate such a breach of social trust.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Reading reddit and seeing everyone trying to justify this nonsense is frighting.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago

More like everyone's suddenly ~~gangsta~~ a 'health worker' when their pager explodes

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

I agree, but they probably could've worded it better. The pagers were meant for Hezbollah but that doesn't mean they exclusively went to Hezbollah.

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

So true. Could you imagine being in Hezbollah and not giving your personal Hezbollah-issued one-way pager away to someone else?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It depends a lot on how the pagers are distributed. Is it a batch that was carefully delivered to only Hezbollah members? Is that where all the pagers from that batch went?

It's not like the pagers are stamped with "for Hezbollah only". I'm concerned how they were all distributed.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

two kids died in these explosions with much many more wounded.

well guess what we call groups that kill civilians with bombs?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of the time Mossad sent letter bombs against Palestinians living abroad.

https://youtu.be/gS5cDF0IC_Y

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Imagine if everyone's phone exploded to execute like 10 guys.

Edit: The take aways here are

  1. Israel is a terrorist nation, that views civilian casualties as bonus points

  2. any country who imports their electronics instead of making their own is susceptible to this kind of tampering.

  3. The press is covering a terror attack like its some kind of new video game

  4. All the unexploded ordinance can be delivered to Hezbollah as a gift. If the rumor is true that this was triggered because they became aware of the bombs, there will likely be many israelis killed by these explosives in the near future.

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