Dozens of members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been seriously wounded after pagers they use to communicate exploded, security officials say.
A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters news agency the detonation of the pagers was the “biggest security breach” the group has faced in nearly a year of war with Israel.
A senior military intelligence official and an official with a Lebanese group also told the AP news agency that pagers carried by Hezbollah members were detonated.
According to AP, a Hezbollah official said that at least 150 people, including members of the group, were wounded in different parts of Lebanon when the devices exploded.
A statement from the Lebanese prime minister’s office said it was informed of “security incidents occurring in a number of regions”.
Sprintzer on
I’m hearing over 1,000 injuries. This is crazy! Israel likely hacked into the encrypted pagers and used software that made overstressed the lithium batteries, and kaboom.
I wonder if they had a backdoor into these pagers from the manufacturer or if they really just hacked into them
Suspicious-Emu-7947 on
Hezbollah clearly stands no chance against Israel
Thebananabender on
I hope those lightly injured will understand that joining a terrorist organization isn’t a good idea.
boomingcowboy on
“Hey Abdul, sorry for the page. I know today is your day off but Muhammad called in sick to work today. I’ll need you to go ahead and do the suicide bombing today. Thanks for being a team player” – your manager, Amir
CinnamonHotcake on
Interesting that the Iranian ambassador in Lebanon was also hurt.
Interesting, but not surprising. I wonder who else was hurt.
dbxp on
Surely they should upgrade to exploding phones
hauntedSquirrel99 on
Judging by the videos a lot of people are having a really bad day.
Notfriendly123 on
You gotta hand it to Israel for being the only country doing Tom Clancy shit.
Spec-ops destroying an underground missile factory in Syria, mossad assasinating a Hamas leader in Iran while he’s under Iranian protection, rigging pagers in Lebanon to explode. This is straight up spy novel shit and I love it.
MajorasTingle on
Last night I watched Jackpot with John Cena. Something about this reminds me of the scene where he’s stamping on a guy’s crotch. 😏
redneckhatr on
Hezbollah: Hit me on my pager but only if its major.
I_Groped_SandyCheeks on
This title really underestimates what happened.
About a thousand were injured and probably a few hundred are dead.
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Dozens of members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been seriously wounded after pagers they use to communicate exploded, security officials say.
A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters news agency the detonation of the pagers was the “biggest security breach” the group has faced in nearly a year of war with Israel.
A senior military intelligence official and an official with a Lebanese group also told the AP news agency that pagers carried by Hezbollah members were detonated.
According to AP, a Hezbollah official said that at least 150 people, including members of the group, were wounded in different parts of Lebanon when the devices exploded.
A statement from the Lebanese prime minister’s office said it was informed of “security incidents occurring in a number of regions”.
I’m hearing over 1,000 injuries. This is crazy! Israel likely hacked into the encrypted pagers and used software that made overstressed the lithium batteries, and kaboom.
I wonder if they had a backdoor into these pagers from the manufacturer or if they really just hacked into them
Hezbollah clearly stands no chance against Israel
I hope those lightly injured will understand that joining a terrorist organization isn’t a good idea.
“Hey Abdul, sorry for the page. I know today is your day off but Muhammad called in sick to work today. I’ll need you to go ahead and do the suicide bombing today. Thanks for being a team player” – your manager, Amir
Interesting that the Iranian ambassador in Lebanon was also hurt.
Interesting, but not surprising. I wonder who else was hurt.
Surely they should upgrade to exploding phones
Judging by the videos a lot of people are having a really bad day.
You gotta hand it to Israel for being the only country doing Tom Clancy shit.
Spec-ops destroying an underground missile factory in Syria, mossad assasinating a Hamas leader in Iran while he’s under Iranian protection, rigging pagers in Lebanon to explode. This is straight up spy novel shit and I love it.
Last night I watched Jackpot with John Cena. Something about this reminds me of the scene where he’s stamping on a guy’s crotch. 😏
Hezbollah: Hit me on my pager but only if its major.
This title really underestimates what happened.
About a thousand were injured and probably a few hundred are dead.
Are we supposed to care?