• Ozzy@nexxis.social
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    'A Hezbollah official described the event as the “biggest security breach” the group has suffered since the start of the Israel-Gaza war nearly one year ago, according to a Reuters report. The Shiite terror group claimed that lithium batteries inside the pagers apparently detonated. Top Stories Everybody Is Terrified of Where This Is Headed and Nobody Will Say It Jeffrey Blehar New World War I Monument Unveiled in D.C. before Large Audience Alex Welz Robin DiAngelo Addresses Humiliating Matt Walsh Movie: ‘I Had Been Played’ James Lynch

    Some members allegedly felt the pagers “heating up” before abandoning them. Hezbollah officials have speculated that Israeli malware could be behind the infiltration.’ ??

    https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hundreds-of-hezbollah-members-injured-in-mass-explosion-of-pagers/

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    Crazy, that tactic sounds straight out of a science fiction novel - 80s science-fiction, given it’s pagers, but still… I really wonder how they pulled it off. Did the IDF design the explosive pagers in the first place or did they find some insane hardware/software flaw that allowed that kind of remote explosion?

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      They had to be designed or modified to explode. Which makes it a big question of where they came from. Lots of legitimate ways Israel could have done it, and a lot of ways that could involve violating laws and treaties.

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          Oh for sure Israel is handing out some commendations. I’m just curious how they managed it because there could be implications that arise. If it was a company helping them, there could be financial repercussions, if it was the CIA there could be political issues.