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2024-09-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Hezbollah members were wounded in Beirut after their communication pagers exploded on Tuesday.

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Posted by Frank G 2024-09-17 10:33|| || Front Page|| [11148 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

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Hezbollah was caught off-guard by a cyberattack on the Lebanon terrorist organization pagers that wounded thousands of members.

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Posted by Frank G 2024-09-17 10:37|| 2024-09-17 10:37|| Front Page Top

#2 NYPost:Hundreds of Hezbollah fighters wounded when their pagers all explode
BEIRUT, Sept 17 – Hundreds of members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, including fighters and medics, were seriously wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, a security source told Reuters.

A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detonation of the pagers was the “biggest security breach” the group had been subjected to in nearly a year of war with Israel.

A Reuters journalist saw ambulances rushing through the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut amid widespread panic. Residents said explosions were taking place even 30 minutes after the initial blasts.

Groups of people huddled at the entrance of buildings to check on people they knew who may have been wounded, the Reuters journalist said.

The security source added that devices were also exploding in the south of Lebanon.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has been exchanging fire with Hezbollah since last October in parallel with the Gaza war.
Can you hear me now?

Posted by Frank G 2024-09-17 10:44|| 2024-09-17 10:44|| Front Page Top

#3 I keep saying Mossad are the scariest people on the planet.

Posted by Silentbrick 2024-09-17 10:57|| 2024-09-17 10:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Am I bad if I don't have any sympathy?

Posted by Deacon Blues 2024-09-17 11:07|| 2024-09-17 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 I would be laughing out loud but I'm at the doctor's office

Posted by Silentbrick 2024-09-17 11:09|| 2024-09-17 11:09|| Front Page Top

🚨 Breaking: Tens of Hezbollah communication devices are exploding during the past hour. Initial reports state that over one hundred Hezbollah terrorists already injured.

Here's footage from two such explosion 👇 pic.twitter.com/rMwdRWsTGB
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) September 17, 2024

Posted by badanov 2024-09-17 12:23|| 2024-09-17 12:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Text from the V Kontakte page of RUSSIAN SPRING

🇱🇧🇮🇱Israel Prepares for Counterattack: Number of Victims of Massive Explosion of Pagers in Lebanon Already Nearly 3,000

▪Almost 5,000 pagers exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria.
▪"The latest model of pagers introduced by Hezbollah in recent months exploded, security sources said," Reuters writes.
▪One version of the causes of the mass explosion is a hack, when the protection board on the battery is disconnected and it explodes.
➖The second version is the import of pre-mined devices to local markets by Israeli intelligence.
➖The third version is a hack of the built-in self-destruction system of devices, built into Hezbollah devices in case of loss.
▪One of the victims is Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani. He received a slight injury, there is no threat to his life.

Posted by badanov 2024-09-17 12:35|| 2024-09-17 12:35|| Front Page Top

#8 So we know where all those Samsung phone batteries went. Sort of like Chinese aircraft parts.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-09-17 13:19|| 2024-09-17 13:19|| Front Page Top

#9 Pagers?? With all those smart phones out there, who carries pagers anymore?

Posted by trailing wife 2024-09-17 13:35|| 2024-09-17 13:35|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ They're more secure *SNICKER*

Posted by Frank G 2024-09-17 13:37|| 2024-09-17 13:37|| Front Page Top

#11 "It was unclear whether the ambassador was in the vicinity of someone carrying one of the tampered pagers or whether Amani was carrying one himself.

It was later reported by Al Jazeera, citing Arab media sources, that Amani's injuries were "superficial."

Translation: He had no balls anyway

Posted by European Conservative 2024-09-17 14:34|| 2024-09-17 14:34|| Front Page Top

#12 Now over 3600 wounded, JPost quoting Lebanese health officials. Victims also in Syria and Iraq.

Posted by Ululating Platypus 2024-09-17 18:41|| 2024-09-17 18:41|| Front Page Top

#13 Next target.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-09-17 18:45|| 2024-09-17 18:45|| Front Page Top

#14 Wait til they find out the det cord woven into Iranian Flying Carpets

Posted by Frank G 2024-09-17 19:15|| 2024-09-17 19:15|| Front Page Top

#15 @9 One-way pagers are passive receivers.

Any device connected to a cellular network will necessarily regularly emit easily detectable signals.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2024-09-17 19:31|| 2024-09-17 19:31|| Front Page Top

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