Deceptichum@quokk.au to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agoLebanese girl becomes most notable victim of pager blastswww.aa.com.trexternal-linkmessage-square205fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkLebanese girl becomes most notable victim of pager blastswww.aa.com.trDeceptichum@quokk.au to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square205fedilinkfile-text
10-year-old Fatima Jaafar Abdullah was killed in pager explosions in Lebanon. Israel murders another kid again.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThey already believed their communications were being intercepted so switched to another method. That method then literally blew up in their pockets. The amount of fear and distrust of the supply chain can’t be overstated.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·6 months agoI dunno man. I just feel like if you’re at the point where you can clandestinely intercept huge amounts of your enemy’s personal communication devices, ‘turn them into bombs’ feels like a bit of a low-yield outcome.
minus-squareAqarius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoConsider it backwards: Israel sees this attack happening so valuable, that they were willing to forego using the pagers for spying.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months agoConsidering Israel’s history, I don’t know how much agreement there would be between my estimation of military value and the current administration’s.
They already believed their communications were being intercepted so switched to another method.
That method then literally blew up in their pockets.
The amount of fear and distrust of the supply chain can’t be overstated.
I dunno man. I just feel like if you’re at the point where you can clandestinely intercept huge amounts of your enemy’s personal communication devices, ‘turn them into bombs’ feels like a bit of a low-yield outcome.
Consider it backwards: Israel sees this attack happening so valuable, that they were willing to forego using the pagers for spying.
Considering Israel’s history, I don’t know how much agreement there would be between my estimation of military value and the current administration’s.