Reports indicate that Israel has somehow penetrated Hezbollah’s encrypted pagers and set them off this morning to go kaboom. Reuters said that the attack was the “biggest intelligence breach yet,” citing a Hezbollah official. Avi Mayer is the former editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post. He brings the news in the tweet below.
🔴 BREAKING: Hundreds of Hezbollah operatives across Lebanon have reportedly been wounded, many seriously, when the pagers they use to communicate exploded simultaneously; Hezbollah source says it’s the “greatest security breach thus far”
— Avi Mayer אבי מאיר (@AviMayer) September 17, 2024
Hussain is a FDD research fellow. He points to one such kaboom appears that was captured live in the video below. In a separate tweet, Hussain adds: “Unconfirmed reports indicate that #Israel has not only caused pagers that Hezbollah fighters carried explode, the attack also blew up Hezbollah’s wired and wireless communication network.”
Video showing Hezbollah pagers blowing up, hurting individual fighters but no one else. Notice the amount of US dollars that were on this Hezbollah dude. pic.twitter.com/AcoDRDL7yG
— Hussain Abdul-Hussain (@hahussain) September 17, 2024
This is a breaking news story. Israel’s i24 News has an early story here.
UPDATE: Here is the CBS News story: “Dozens of Hezbollah members reportedly injured in Lebanon by exploding pagers.” I’m not sure “dozens” does justice to the operation. Here is another heartwarming video.
Absolute scenes of chaos in Southern Beirut as hundreds of pagers belonging to members of Hezbollah explode.
This is just one location.
Hospital videos show Hezbollah members with various injuries from fingers blown off, hands blown off, and significant eye injuries. pic.twitter.com/U6pKB2Xne4
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) September 17, 2024
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