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-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.
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.