Deceptichum@quokk.au to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoLebanese girl becomes most notable victim of pager blastswww.aa.com.trexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkLebanese girl becomes most notable victim of pager blastswww.aa.com.trDeceptichum@quokk.au to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
10-year-old Fatima Jaafar Abdullah was killed in pager explosions in Lebanon. Israel murders another kid again.
minus-squareJWBananas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months ago That would make it the most precise military strike of all time. Pretty sure that honor still goes to the R9X Slap Chop. The pager explosions, on the other hand, injured thousands.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI really don’t get it. Other than the “WAOW” factor, this certainly can’t have been a good use of resources for Israel.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThey already believed their communications were being intercepted so switched to another method. That method then literally blew up in their pockets. The amount of fear and distrust of the supply chain can’t be overstated.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI dunno man. I just feel like if you’re at the point where you can clandestinely intercept huge amounts of your enemy’s personal communication devices, ‘turn them into bombs’ feels like a bit of a low-yield outcome.
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoConsider it backwards: Israel sees this attack happening so valuable, that they were willing to forego using the pagers for spying.
Pretty sure that honor still goes to the R9X Slap Chop. The pager explosions, on the other hand, injured thousands.
I really don’t get it. Other than the “WAOW” factor, this certainly can’t have been a good use of resources for Israel.
They already believed their communications were being intercepted so switched to another method.
That method then literally blew up in their pockets.
The amount of fear and distrust of the supply chain can’t be overstated.
I dunno man. I just feel like if you’re at the point where you can clandestinely intercept huge amounts of your enemy’s personal communication devices, ‘turn them into bombs’ feels like a bit of a low-yield outcome.
Consider it backwards: Israel sees this attack happening so valuable, that they were willing to forego using the pagers for spying.