Posted on 09/22/2024 8:45:51 AM PDT by Words Matter
According to a report from Israel’s Channel 12, each Hezbollah pager that exploded was individually set to detonate, with those behind the attack having precise knowledge of their targets’ locations and movements to minimize collateral damage.
“Each pager had its own arrangements. That’s how it was possible to control who was hit and who wasn’t,” an unnamed foreign security source told the TV station. The attackers reportedly ensured that only the person carrying the pager was harmed, sparing civilians who may have been nearby at the time of the blasts.
Footage from the incident showed one man being killed by his pager while standing next to a fruit and vegetable stand, but, as Channel 12’s report notes, great care was taken to prevent injuries to bystanders. “They knew who he was with and where he was, so that the vegetable seller in the supermarket would not be hurt,” the report explained, citing foreign sources.
The attack, which Hezbollah has blamed on Israel, marks an unprecedented event in the ongoing conflict between the two. While Israel has not officially claimed responsibility, the report adds new details to an already complex situation, revealing that tens of thousands of pagers had been manufactured with explosives specifically for this operation.
According to the Channel 12 report, Hezbollah had increased its use of pagers after its military chief Fuad Shukr was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike in Beirut in July. Growing wary of using mobile phones, which could be intercepted, Hezbollah operatives had relied more heavily on pagers, unaware that they were carrying Trojan Horse devices.
Ronen Bergman, an investigative journalist for The New York Times and Yediot Achronot, was also interviewed for the report. He described how a brilliant female intelligence operative, under the age of 30, somewhere in the Middle East, had masterminded the entire scheme. “It was decided to set up a factory to build the devices from scratch so that ‘it won’t be a device that we will tamper with; it will be a device that we will produce,’” Channel 12 reported.
The decision to detonate the pagers this week may have been driven by concerns that Hezbollah was about to discover the Trojan Horse devices, though a foreign security source disputes this claim. The report also suggests the attack was strategically timed, with former IDF intelligence chief Amos Yadlin emphasizing that the goal is to send a message to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah that his ongoing attacks on northern Israel are costing him dearly, both in manpower and public support within Lebanon.
The coordinated attack is not considered a strategic strike, however, with sources indicating that Israel possesses far more sophisticated capabilities for dealing with Hezbollah and Iran. According to the report, these capabilities have been in development for years, but their potential was not fully utilized against Hamas, which partly explains the failure to prevent the October 7 attacks.
WOW! the IDF is tremendous! really amazing. Keep up the great work, IDF!
“That’s how it was possible to control who was hit and who wasn’t,” an unnamed foreign security source told the TV station. The attackers reportedly ensured that only the person carrying the pager was harmed, sparing civilians who may have been nearby at the time of the blasts.”
This doesn’t seem reasonable.
Even if it’s disinformation, it’s smart.
They’ll suspect ANY electronics comm devices going forward.
It doesnt seem reasonable, no. It would require having real-time eyes on thousands of targeted people, in order to avoid the random fruit sellers, etc.
Can you build GPS into the pager? They would have had to tie into a video at the location of each pager.
Put out the word to the perps that Israel has also tinkered with ammo. Could be fun.
IDF says;
We know who your are. We know where you live. We know where you work. We know who you are friends with. We know what you do. We see you on all your walks and travels. We know what all of you are up to.
Most importantly, we know when to pull the switch.
Ha! Like “King of the Khyber Rifles”! Use hog fat to lub the weapons! 😁
Hell, the Hezbollah leaders now won’t get within 20 feet of a toaster!
I don’t believe it but I’ll shout it from the rooftop!
“Can you build GPS into the pager?”
That sounds doable—the video part sounds more difficult—particularly since you would need full vision in all directions.
I think this is disinformation for that reason.
“This doesn’t seem reasonable.”
I agree, they’re messing with their minds - no practical way to simultaneously monitor that many people.
It’s more likely that they sized the charges to minimize collateral damage, even at the cost of most of them surviving (but having something to tell Allah about in the afterlife). It’s also possible that some of charges were of different explosive power, so that key people could get a somewhat larger ‘experience’.
I know. This is brilliant disinformation and propaganda from the IDF. I love the “female under 30” operative description. The only thing they forgot to mention was she had tan skin and black hair, and had a live-in girlfriend. LOL.
Sure they could, pull the GPS data from the pager and plot it on Google maps, childs play.
There may never be public confirmation but I guarantee you these pagers were made by Israel. That’s the only way they could have embedded explosives and since they are two-way POCSAG pagers, they could have embedded a GPS module (which is about the size of a thumbnail) at the same time.
Already the Budapest company that held the license from Apollo Gold has distanced itself, the woman who is listed as the owner says she did not make them, was “only an intermediate”.
Trump should hire Mossad for his protection team!
Seems like a stretch unless maybe they did it algorithmically. Like maybe a pager would only be detonated if certain conditions were met. For instance, that no other cell phones were in its vicinity.
Kind of like the Flying Hamass Monkeys knowing where a very large group of Jews would be singing and dancing on October 7th.
It’s a tactical lie because they know damn well that the Muslims are dumb enough to believe it.
More group meetings - pure cake for Israelis.
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