In one of the most unbelievable developments of 2024, Israel is alleged to have hacked into the pagers and cell phones of Hezbollah fighters and caused them to explode.
This from redstate.com.
Hundreds (at least one report stated thousands) of injuries, including dismemberments broke on Tuesday morning. Shortly after, videos of devices blowing up began to circulate.
BREAKING via Reuters
Hundreds of members of Hezbollah were seriously wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded.
Here is one video of one of the pager explosions. pic.twitter.com/UDepHvkkEe
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 17, 2024
In the above clip, a man in a white shirt and black cap is shopping for vegetables when an explosion occurs in what appears to be a satchel he was carrying. The effects leave him lying on the ground, screaming in pain while others scatter. The extent of his injuries is unknown, but they do not seem minor.
Thousands of Hezbollah terrorists, ranging from low level soldiers to leadership, have been severely injured after their pagers blew up Tuesday. Messages were received on the devices and seven seconds later, they exploded.
WSJ: The affected pagers were from a new shipment that Hezbollah received in recent days. A senior Hezbollah terrorist speculated that malware may have caused the devices to heat up and explode. There are close to 1,500 wounded or dead terrorists. pic.twitter.com/EXfPsQ7kO6
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 17, 2024
Hezbollah thought it was smart, and switched from smartphones to communicating with old pagers and flip-phones. That didn’t work out so well, as Israel figured out how to cause the batteries to explode remotely, like a mini-Stuxnet. Amazing. pic.twitter.com/udEwRxOtEr
— David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) September 17, 2024
Whether there have been any deaths as a result of the cyber attack is unknown. The reported dismemberments occurred from people having their phones in their hands when they exploded. The physical harm caused is likely a secondary concern to Israel, though. This is much more about the psychological and logistical effects on Hezbollah’s communication structure.
Every single time a Hezbollah fighter holds a pager or a phone now, they will have to fear it’s going to explode and blow their arm off. This might even force a reversion to more rudimentary means of communication (as if a pager isn’t antiquated enough). The threat of a device blowing up is now out there, and the psychological impact of that cannot be erased.
Who was even aware this is possible? Every terrorist on earth should question just what else Israel is capable of and be terrified of the possibilities.
And not only “active” terrorists are at risk. As reported, Iran’s Mehr news agency has said the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon was injured in the exploding pager attack this morning that targeted Hezbollah terrorists.
Here’s the news:
Also Reports that Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was also injured by the beeper explosion pic.twitter.com/1wvwhY7Qyl
— Breaking News (@TheNewsTrending) September 17, 2024
The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani was apparently injured from an exploding pager
Which raises the question:
Why was the Iranian ambassador carrying a Hezbollah pager?
— David Collier (@mishtal) September 17, 2024
Of course, why exactly was he carrying a pager? Because he is a terrorist too! Iran is the biggest supporter of terrorism around the world so it makes sense he’d be carrying one of these pagers.
This is amazing, no? This single attack by Israel has done more to cripple Hezbollah than all of their retaliatory attacks during this war thus far.
And given Israel’s decision last night to focus on returning the people of the north to their homes, I would expect that now is a good time to mount an invasion of southern Lebanon.
BREAKING 🚨
Overnight, the Israeli Security Cabinet has revised the war goal to now prioritize the safe return of northern residents to their homes.
This means it’s official, a serious operation in Lebanon will be happening and Israel will now be preparing for a full scale…
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) September 17, 2024
“…full scale invasion.”