At this point people in hezbollah are going to be throwing away all their electronics.
Can you trust anything recently bought? Your microwave or toaster could blow up
TrackRound4807 on
Israel detonates **terrorist** attack on Hezbollah’s walkie-talkies in second wave after pager attack
calicat9 on
I first read that as “Israel *donates* walkie talkies”. Thinking that’s some 4d trolling right there.
OrganicHunt952 on
What are they targeting next? Israel is destroying their communication channel for their next move? Maybe they plan on something major this was just done to scare inflict damage and disrupt.
Logical_Welder3467 on
They got the shipment at the same time for the pagers, how can you be so dumb to not immediatly throw it away?
wonttojudge on
This is far out. I know turning common devices into bombs is nothing new, but the scale and sophistication suggest it would be difficult to defend against.
What if this were weaponized by a country that already has a large role in manufacturing or supply chain for consumer electronics?
Recipe_Limp on
Heck Yeah! Great job Isreal!
TechGoat on
Maybe, just maybe, if you’re a terrorist organization, you should open up electronics that get shipped to you in a clean room – making assumptions that they have bombs in them? And just generally not trust that the devices you’re getting haven’t been tampered with – and that includes modified chips that might decrease encryption capabilities.
Doctor_Amazo on
So indiscriminate bombing is OK for the IDF….?
FarrisAT on
Nations need to start checking at least a few of every shipment of electronics they receive from foreign suppliers.
HurlinVermin on
You have to hand it to Israel here. They are playing on a whole other level with this stuff.
Bottom-Toot on
I remember we got angry when Putin was assassinating people on the streets of the UK, something tells me this won’t be met with the same outrage
TigerUSA20 on
>The two sources said Israel’s goal in the second wave of attacks was to increase paranoia and fear in Hezbollah’s ranks, in an attempt to press the militia’s leadership to change its policy regarding the conflict with Israel
Really? ….. This is what you think would happen? 🙄
Stardread1997 on
I’m seeing this everywhere. Still not sure the motives or people involved.
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ImHurted_ on
People in here normalizing terrorist attacks are fucking insane. This is blatant terrorism.
Darinda on
This is an act of war and aggression, plain and simple. Israel better get ready for some sort of retaliation…and maybe not act the victims this time around?
Nah, that’s asking for too much :).
takatu_topi on
Hezbollah has extensive tunnel systems. Probably some of the rigged devices were down there out of the range of a triggering signal.
While these attacks have been spectacularly successful from a tactical perspective, it’s likely that some of the explosives will not have detonated, and will be reverse-engineered.
A Pandora’s Box of (apparently) very-hard-to-detect explosives in consumer electronic devices has been opened.
human1023 on
Some videos show civilians, including children being mutilated by this. 10 adults, 2 children confirmed dead so far. If any other group did this, they would be considered terrorists.
AlexDub12 on
Beep beep mothefuckers!
foo-bar-nlogn-100 on
Great strategy. Force them back to pen and paper.
IndictedPenguin on
I don’t know how anyone is not understanding the implications of this it’s fucking terrifying.
umlguru on
The wild thing is they were able to identify and intercept a shipment bought by Hezbollah. They obviously had information that they were planning an attack.
startraveI on
This is a whole new level of terrorism.
juflyingwild on
So now IDF members including ambassadors and knesset Members are fair game in whichever country in the world? Civilian members are just casualties of war?
When does this madness end?
mightyn0mad on
We used to hear “If Mossad wants to get you, get you they will.” No place is safe once they have set their sights on you. Israel living up to the saying
celtic1888 on
How did none of these pagers ever get flagged at an airport?
Seems like with 500 of them out there someone would have stumbled into an airport security queue with one of them
RaccoonEnthuiast on
I sure hope these devices were sold ONLY to whoever was targetted and will not end up on Amazon or eBay
The-Ex-Human on
I always thought this exact trick would be great to see in a movie. Now it’s real life, even better. “Beep beep beep 💥BOOM !”
Robby_Digital on
Serious question: Do they not have explosives sniffing dogs in Lebanon?
Dinocologist on
It’s a lot harder to call them “Hezbollah electronic devices” when cell phone shops are blowing up, but that won’t stop anyone of course.
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At this point people in hezbollah are going to be throwing away all their electronics.
Can you trust anything recently bought? Your microwave or toaster could blow up
Israel detonates **terrorist** attack on Hezbollah’s walkie-talkies in second wave after pager attack
I first read that as “Israel *donates* walkie talkies”. Thinking that’s some 4d trolling right there.
What are they targeting next? Israel is destroying their communication channel for their next move? Maybe they plan on something major this was just done to scare inflict damage and disrupt.
They got the shipment at the same time for the pagers, how can you be so dumb to not immediatly throw it away?
This is far out. I know turning common devices into bombs is nothing new, but the scale and sophistication suggest it would be difficult to defend against.
What if this were weaponized by a country that already has a large role in manufacturing or supply chain for consumer electronics?
Heck Yeah! Great job Isreal!
Maybe, just maybe, if you’re a terrorist organization, you should open up electronics that get shipped to you in a clean room – making assumptions that they have bombs in them? And just generally not trust that the devices you’re getting haven’t been tampered with – and that includes modified chips that might decrease encryption capabilities.
So indiscriminate bombing is OK for the IDF….?
Nations need to start checking at least a few of every shipment of electronics they receive from foreign suppliers.
You have to hand it to Israel here. They are playing on a whole other level with this stuff.
I remember we got angry when Putin was assassinating people on the streets of the UK, something tells me this won’t be met with the same outrage
>The two sources said Israel’s goal in the second wave of attacks was to increase paranoia and fear in Hezbollah’s ranks, in an attempt to press the militia’s leadership to change its policy regarding the conflict with Israel
Really? ….. This is what you think would happen? 🙄
I’m seeing this everywhere. Still not sure the motives or people involved.
Edit autocorrect
People in here normalizing terrorist attacks are fucking insane. This is blatant terrorism.
This is an act of war and aggression, plain and simple. Israel better get ready for some sort of retaliation…and maybe not act the victims this time around?
Nah, that’s asking for too much :).
Hezbollah has extensive tunnel systems. Probably some of the rigged devices were down there out of the range of a triggering signal.
While these attacks have been spectacularly successful from a tactical perspective, it’s likely that some of the explosives will not have detonated, and will be reverse-engineered.
A Pandora’s Box of (apparently) very-hard-to-detect explosives in consumer electronic devices has been opened.
Some videos show civilians, including children being mutilated by this. 10 adults, 2 children confirmed dead so far. If any other group did this, they would be considered terrorists.
Beep beep mothefuckers!
Great strategy. Force them back to pen and paper.
I don’t know how anyone is not understanding the implications of this it’s fucking terrifying.
The wild thing is they were able to identify and intercept a shipment bought by Hezbollah. They obviously had information that they were planning an attack.
This is a whole new level of terrorism.
So now IDF members including ambassadors and knesset Members are fair game in whichever country in the world? Civilian members are just casualties of war?
When does this madness end?
We used to hear “If Mossad wants to get you, get you they will.” No place is safe once they have set their sights on you. Israel living up to the saying
How did none of these pagers ever get flagged at an airport?
Seems like with 500 of them out there someone would have stumbled into an airport security queue with one of them
I sure hope these devices were sold ONLY to whoever was targetted and will not end up on Amazon or eBay
I always thought this exact trick would be great to see in a movie. Now it’s real life, even better. “Beep beep beep 💥BOOM !”
Serious question: Do they not have explosives sniffing dogs in Lebanon?
It’s a lot harder to call them “Hezbollah electronic devices” when cell phone shops are blowing up, but that won’t stop anyone of course.