Yesterday Pagers, Today Walkie Talkies. Tomorrow... Pigeons?
Yesterday it was in the news that thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah terrorists and allies exploded in Lebanon. Today I awoke to news that hundreds of walkie-talkies used by the same group had exploded. This coordinated walkie-talkie attack came one day after the coordinated pager attack.
News stories have updated the injury toll throughout the day as reports have rolled in. The latest I've seen is that Lebanon's health ministry reports 14 people had been killed and 450 injured on Wednesday, while the death toll from Tuesday's pager explosions rose to 12, including two children, with nearly 3,000 injured. (Source: Reuters article, 18 Sep 2024.) Meanwhile, an investigative reporter in Israel, Ronen Bergman, has written that he thinks the death toll is actually much higher. (Source: The Times of Israel article, 18 Sep 2024.)
These attacks will certainly have members of terrorist group Hezbollah looking at all their electronic devices with concern and fear. Already they switched from cell phones to pagers months ago after the group warned its members that Israel was able to spy on them through their cellphones. Many members, particularly those responsible for managing operations, also were issued walkie-talkies. Tuesday their pagers blew up, Wednesday their two-way radios. What'll they use next, carrier pigeons? And how soon before we read about exploding pigeons?
News stories have updated the injury toll throughout the day as reports have rolled in. The latest I've seen is that Lebanon's health ministry reports 14 people had been killed and 450 injured on Wednesday, while the death toll from Tuesday's pager explosions rose to 12, including two children, with nearly 3,000 injured. (Source: Reuters article, 18 Sep 2024.) Meanwhile, an investigative reporter in Israel, Ronen Bergman, has written that he thinks the death toll is actually much higher. (Source: The Times of Israel article, 18 Sep 2024.)
These attacks will certainly have members of terrorist group Hezbollah looking at all their electronic devices with concern and fear. Already they switched from cell phones to pagers months ago after the group warned its members that Israel was able to spy on them through their cellphones. Many members, particularly those responsible for managing operations, also were issued walkie-talkies. Tuesday their pagers blew up, Wednesday their two-way radios. What'll they use next, carrier pigeons? And how soon before we read about exploding pigeons?