That has not been confirmed.

These were new pagers, distributed within the past month, because their commanders were concerned about cell phone tracking. That leaves open the possibility that they contained some kind of small explosive charge - in short, they might have been rigged. Everyone knows most "hacking" starts with a good amount of social engineering.

Besides that, what is the possibility that any hack on the batteries could reliably and consistently cause a violent explosion? Wouldn't many just fizz out or catch fire, especially since many would not be at 100% charge? Is a L-Ion battery at 25% charge going to explode like that? There don't seem to be any reports of anything but straight up detonations...at least not yet.

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Annnnnnd...yeah, it wasn't the batteries.

"The New York Times reported that Israel hid explosive material in the Taiwan-made Gold Apollo pagers before they were imported to Lebanon, citing American and other officials briefed on the operation. The material was implanted next to the battery with a switch that could be triggered remotely to detonate."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...s-exploded-sources-witnesses-2024-09-17/

What kind of 3rd world place still uses pagers lol. Good on Mossuad. Send them all to hell.

They’d be cultural Muslims- not true believers.

... Annnnnnd...yeah, it wasn't the batteries.

"The New York Times reported that Israel hid explosive material in the Taiwan-made Gold Apollo pagers before they were imported to Lebanon, citing American and other officials briefed on the operation. The material was implanted next to the battery with a switch that could be triggered remotely to detonate."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...s-exploded-sources-witnesses-2024-09-17/

Guys that screw goats and live in mud huts

Israel has every right to defend themselves. They can do whatever they want as a sovereign country. It's not clear to me how maiming a bunch of people improves their security position, but hey what do I know. That said, I want no part of paying for the war they are attempting to start. Happy to supply them with whatever they want to buy though.

Israel has every right to defend themselves. They can do whatever they want as a sovereign country. It's not clear to me how maiming a bunch of people improves their security position, but hey what do I know. That said, I want no part of paying for the war they are attempting to start. Happy to supply them with whatever they want to buy though.

I believe Oct 7th started this, not Israel. How can you possibly put any blame at all on Israel after their citizens were slaughtered by soldiers?

Israel has every right to defend themselves. They can do whatever they want as a sovereign country. It's not clear to me how maiming a bunch of people improves their security position, but hey what do I know. That said, I want no part of paying for the war they are attempting to start. Happy to supply them with whatever they want to buy though.