Hezbollah Exploding Pagers!

A great many Israeli people are unhappy with the war cabinet - which is what the Israeli movement now have instead of a regular government.

But not enough to stop the current Israeli government being elected , and probably re-elected, if there was another election.

The same applies to Hamas.

I imagine that Putin and the Iranian regime will now be paying good money for this technology.
And this is a good thing?

RosiesMaw2

^I think it’s a brilliant idea. More power to their elbow.
I don’t care who manufactured them, it worked^

So you think killing and maiming innocent people going about their daily business a brilliant idea ?
Words fail. .

I know.
It really is horrid to talk about killing and maiming others in these terms.

^I think it’s a brilliant idea. More power to their elbow.
I don’t care who manufactured them, it worked^

So you think killing and maiming innocent people going about their daily business a brilliant idea ?
Words fail. .

those who seem to be applauding this event; how would you feel if your sister, daughter, GC, was choosing tomatoes in the market when one of these went off beside them ?
an eye doctor on the news said he had never removed so many eyes in 25 years as he had to in the last 24 hours, and still there are more and more to do.

Shades of "Battlestar Galactica" where they had to revert to older technology because the Cylons were able to hack their modern commnications.

No one comes up smelling very nice from this scenario. Certainly not Israel with their mass killing of civilians.

BigBopper

If they can manufacture them with bombs then all electronic systems such as phones, tablets, watches, computers etc. manufactured in different countries can be manufactured with bombs.

It is frightening.

Exactly that.
Yet some think that it is worthy of praise.
Yeah it’s clever. But then so are nukes.

If they can manufacture them with bombs then all electronic systems such as phones, tablets, watches, computers etc. manufactured in different countries can be manufactured with bombs.

It is frightening.

You would think that they’d be using burner phones, wouldn’t you 🤷‍♀️ someone’s missed a business opportunity there.
No doubt someone’s thinking about it 😉

My thoughts are with those bystanders injured or killed, and I worry that this kind of technology could threaten us all if it falls into the wrong hands. I mean imagine if a terrorist group found a way to target western leaders or those close to them.
Before we cheer for this latest technology let’s think seriously of the ramifications.

Dastardly, but clever.

GrannyGravy13

Second instalment…

SKY are reporting that there are more explosions in Lebanon, this time it appears to be Hezbollahs ^walkie talkies^

They’d better start communicating with semaphore😄

Second instalment…

SKY are reporting that there are more explosions in Lebanon, this time it appears to be Hezbollahs walkie talkies

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Interesting but not surprising that the Iranian Ambassador had a Hezbollah pager.

Not surprising at all.

petra

Allira

Hezbollah, backed by Iran, has a history of carrying out international terrorist attacks.

These terrorist fighters are not representative of many of the Lebanese people.

I think it’s a brilliant idea. More power to their elbow.
I don’t care who manufactured them, it worked.

I agree.
Great result and much embarrassment for Hezbolla.

"Israeli Army Is Ready to Turn Attention to the North, but Netanyahu Stalls Until After U.S. Elections

I’m no fan of Netanyahu but I suspect any leader would make the same decision.

A great many Israeli people are unhappy with the war cabinet - which is what the Israeli movement now have instead of a regular government.

Haaretz the newspaper I quoted upthread is speculating that Netanyahu is waiting for the result of the US elections before making crucial decisions. Money for arms at stake.

"Israeli Army Is Ready to Turn Attention to the North, but Netanyahu Stalls Until After U.S. Elections

In the absence of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, Hezbollah is keeping its commitment to continue engaging the IDF on the border.

The IDF has now declared the defeat of Hamas' Rafah Brigade, taking away Netanyahu's excuse for continuing the war in Gaza"

Frankly, it is six of one to half a dozen of the other.

Both sides have the implicit support of most of the inhabitants of their benighted countries. It is these silent majorities that elected Hamas into power in Gaza and the West Bank and Netanyahu and his right wing supporters into power in Israel.

A plague on both their houses.

Jeremy Bowen has written this thoughtful article on the pagers, what was possibly intended was far more, and of the tensions in the area
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30lpyl46z3o

what struck me (amongst others) was this;

"Everything at the moment in terms of de-escalation in the Middle East depends on Gaza.

While that war continues, whether it’s conflict with Lebanon, whether it’s attacks in the Red Sea from the Houthis, whether it’s tensions with Iraq;

nothing is going to de-escalate."

Post 2022 Hezbollah lost overall control -

So "they voted them in" as justifying "they deserve it"?

it was valuable for me to fact check to read the results of the last elections and just how many don't back Hezbollah and who the groups actually are

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-61463884

Interesting but not surprising that the Iranian Ambassador had a Hezbollah pager.

War is a dirty game. Rules are not always followed - on both sides. We are all old enough to know that. Collateral damage. Awful expression. Heart rending to contemplate really.

petra

MissInterpreted
Up until 2022 Hezbollah held 71 seats out of 128 in the Lebanese parliament.
By the law of averages it appears a lot of poor innocents voted for them.

I doubt the two children killed in yesterday's incidents did. But judging from some of the comments on here, some people seem to find that quite acceptable. And let me just add, I have no sympathy for terrorists of any persuasion - but I do for those who are caught up in incidents like this through no fault of their own, especially innocent children.

Whilst I can sympathise with any innocents who were injured yesterday, I have less than zero sympathy with Hezbollah terrorists.

In one GG13.

pascal30

I cannot believe the lack of compassion shown by some posters on here.. killing is never acceptable..

Hezbollah are a terrorist organisation, they knew what they were getting into when they joined up.