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That's not the argument. Presumably a broad cross-section of Lebanese people have pagers. But only Hezbollah combatants had these pagers, which were specifically procured by Hezbollah through an idiosyncratic suppler, linked to Hezbollah's own military encrypted network, and triggered by a pager message encrypted to that network.


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Cyph0n12/11/2025

> linked to Hezbollah's own military encrypted network, and triggered by a pager message encrypted to that network.

I am not sure where you’re getting this information from. For instance, you seem confident that this network used exclusively by the armed wing.

Regardless, absolutely none of this negates the fact that this was an indiscriminate terrorist attack.

If the sides were reversed, or if virtually any other state executed this kind of attack, it would be rightfully condemned. But Israel, as always, gets a pass. And it was indeed a brilliant plan, but only in how comically evil it was.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_electronic_device...

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