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Iran bans pagers, walkie talkies on planes after blasts targeting Hezbollah members
Times of Israel ^ | Oct 12, 2024 | AFP and TOI STAFF

Posted on 10/12/2024 10:45:58 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Iran has banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights, local media reported Saturday, almost a month after deadly sabotage attacks on Hezbollah members in Lebanon which were blamed on Israel.

“The entry of any electronic communication device, except mobile phones, on flight cabins or…in non-accompanied cargo, has been banned,” ISNA news agency reported, citing the spokesman for Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization Jafar Yazerlo.

The decision came in the wake of sabotage attacks targeting members of the Iran-allied Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon that saw pagers and walkie-talkies explode in two waves on September 17 and 18, killing at least 39 people.

Lebanon said nearly 3,000 others were wounded in the attack, which Iran and Hezbollah blamed on Israel. The tolls did not differentiate between civilians and members of the terror group, and the wounded also included Tehran’s ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani. A Hezbollah official told Reuters a week later that the attacks put 1,500 of its fighters out of commission due to their injuries, with many having been blinded or had their hands blown off.

Israel has not taken responsibility for the explosions.

Earlier this month, Dubai-based airline Emirates banned pagers and walkie-talkies onboard its planes.

Multiple airlines have in recent weeks suspended flights to Iran following Tehran’s missile attack on Israel on October 1.

Iran fired some 200 missiles at Israel after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July, which the Islamic Regime blamed on Israel, and the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on September 27 in Beirut, for which Israel did claim responsibility.

The October 1 ballistic missile attack killed a Palestinian in the West Bank and caused minor damage to property around Israel. The IDF admitted that some military bases were hit but insisted that there was no harm to its operational capabilities.

Israel has since vowed to retaliate, with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant saying the response against Iran would be “lethal, precise and surprising.”

Regional tensions have soared since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October last year after the Hamas terrorist organization launched a massive attack on Israel, murdering some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.

The war has also drawn the involvement of other Iran-supported terrorist organizations with Hezbollah beginning near-daily drone and rocket attacks on northern Israel which it said was in solidarity with Hamas.

Meanwhile, the Houthis in Yemen and Iran-supported groups in Iraq have launched drones and rockets at Israel, and the former has consistently attacked ships related to Israel and its allies in the Red Sea, forcing ships in the area to use alternate routes.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Hezbollah; Iran; Israel; Lebanon; Yemen
KEYWORDS: 1800eatthis; ayatollahkhamenei; beirut; bloweduprealgood; hezbollah; iran; irgc; israel; lebanon; lol; masoudpezeshkian; pagers; qudsforce; radios; yemen

1 posted on 10/12/2024 10:45:58 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Might want to ban electronic vibrators and dildoes too.


2 posted on 10/12/2024 10:48:39 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Remember, the illegal aliens and thieving foreigners don't want AMERICA TO BE GREAT AGAIN.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Logical move.


3 posted on 10/12/2024 10:49:28 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

How about Sony Walkmans?


4 posted on 10/12/2024 10:54:16 AM PDT by null and void (Illegal aliens are put up in fine hotels, Americans in Appalacha are left to starve in the elements)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Walkie-talkies are still a thing?


5 posted on 10/12/2024 10:55:24 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Old story was that organized crime bosses had their wives go out in the morning to try to start the car. Part of being married to one.


6 posted on 10/12/2024 10:55:33 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: null and void

I always have a CB radio when I fly. That way I can advise folks of speed traps in the sky.


7 posted on 10/12/2024 10:55:36 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Salman

Don’t let the Adam 12 cops hear you make fun of that.


8 posted on 10/12/2024 10:56:20 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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9 posted on 10/12/2024 10:57:42 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Mr. Mojo

“Ahmad Abdullah, please pick up. If you’re still alive. I forgot to tell you pick up more za’atar, pomegranate molasses and a pound of labneh.”


10 posted on 10/12/2024 10:59:41 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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RE: How about Sony Walkmans?

Israelis helped with them. Since cassettes jammed or spun out they replaced them with explosives and detonators. Cut down on sales at the Arab Radio Shack places.


11 posted on 10/12/2024 11:02:44 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Mr. Mojo

LOL.

5.56mm


12 posted on 10/12/2024 11:10:27 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go. )
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To: Salman

we have a group of friends here in suwannee county florida that uses them during emergency situations... they came in handy when hurricane helene wrecked this place a couple of weeks ago...


13 posted on 10/12/2024 11:27:24 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Oh my gosh, that’s hillarious.


14 posted on 10/12/2024 11:47:30 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Salman
Walkie-talkies are still a thing?

They're great to have when traveling in a caravan of cars.

15 posted on 10/12/2024 12:15:38 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: marcusmaximus

A +


16 posted on 10/12/2024 12:27:16 PM PDT by Vaduz
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“Iran bans pagers, walkie talkies on planes after blasts targeting Hezbollah members”

i was stunned when i realized that this was NOT a babylon bee headline!


17 posted on 10/12/2024 2:10:32 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: Mr. Mojo
[Iran bans pagers, walkie talkies on planes after blasts targeting Hezbollah members]




18 posted on 10/13/2024 2:29:45 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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