• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Likely because the bulk of those wounded by this attack were not Hezbollah

    What makes you think that? These pagers were bought by Hesbollah to be used by their guys.

    • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
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      2 days ago

      Uhhh, because these were bombs - bombs that were remotely and indiscriminately detonated. Some of the people were driving, some standing next to children or on busses full of people. There are reports of children who died because they were standing next to a target at head-level with the pager.There’s no guarantee they were even being carried by “Hezbollah’s guys”.

      I don’t even know why anyone would assume otherwise. This was a loosely targeted terror attack

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      These pagers were bought by Hesbollah

      All we know is that a bunch of exploding pagers were distributed through Lebanon. The IDF claims they were given to Hezbollah agents, but they’ve been caught lying regularly.