In a shocking incident in Lebanon, hundreds of pagers belonging to the armed group Hezbollah exploded simultaneously, resulting in at least nine deaths and 2,750 injuries. Pagers, which were common communication devices before mobile phones, work on radio waves and are harder to monitor than mobile phones. The explosions occurred in different parts of Lebanon, lasting about an hour, and resulted in casualties including an eight-year-old girl, the son of a Hezbollah MP, and two Hezbollah fighters. The Lebanese health minister reported that over 200 people were critically injured in the blasts.
Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the attack, citing ongoing tensions between the two groups along the Lebanon-Israel border. However, Israel has not commented on the accusations. Experts speculate that the pagers may have been hacked or tampered with along the supply chain to trigger the explosions. Some believe that Israel may have gathered valuable intelligence by triggering the explosions, while others suggest that the pagers’ lithium batteries were tampered with to cause the explosions.
The explosions in Gaza were not possible due to Hamas’s sophisticated cyber-awareness and encryption of communications. Despite the devastation caused by the pager explosions in Lebanon, the exact method and motive behind the attacks remain unclear, with ongoing speculation about the potential hacking and tampering of the devices. The incident has raised concerns about the security of communication devices and the potential for similar attacks in the future.
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