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๐Ÿ“ท In a video, a pager exploded at a home of someone and literally punched a whole through his dresser and the countertop.

On the phone, he asks if "the sheikh" is using the new one old pager, which might imply an issue with either but not both.

The ones using pagers are fighters or security members, but unfortunately many on the road took photos of their faces leading to exposing them. This is an issue each time. Most are now on social media.
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๐Ÿ“น This morning, the Israeli enemy attacked a house in Blida and Aita al-Shaab, and the outskirts of Zawtar and Dir Siryan.

Another drone strike in Khiyam city. Casualties reported in Blida.
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๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanese Security Forces in a statement:

"Wireless communication devices of certain types exploded in number of Lebanese regions, especially in the southern suburb, which led to injuries...

...Therefore, the Internal Security Forces ask citizens to clear the roads to facilitate the treatment of the injured and their transfer to hospitals."
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๐Ÿ“ท According to initial reports, up to 1,200 Hezbullah members were injured in Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Beqaa, south Lebanon and even Syria.

This is not a final toll.
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๐Ÿ“ท The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon and two of his bodyguards are reportedly injured in the pager incident.

They were using the same pagers recently distributed to Hezbullah's members to replace the older versions they had.
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๐Ÿ“ฐ There is a video on social media showing the injured at the hospitals. Please stop taking photos and video, who are exposing people and fooling future events.

The hospital video is tragic, there are dozens of injuries in one hallway, some without hands, some with severely injured faces, some unresponsive.
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๐Ÿ“ฐ Only recently, US and Israeli media uncovered that Hezbullah fighters are using pagers as a means of fast safe communication with encrypted messages to replace phones in war time.

Today, pagers were attacked, causing this unprecedented mass casualty event. The IDF leaked to media that the current pagers that exploded was delivered to Hezbullah just 3 months ago.

Which implies the old safe ones were replaced with compromised new one.

The article is Reuters: Cell phones, which can be used to track a user's location, have been banned from the battlefield in favor of more old-fashioned communication means, including pagers and couriers who deliver verbal messages in person, two of the sources said. Hezbullah has also been using a private, fixed-line telecommunications network dating back to the early 2000s, three sources said.

In case conversations are overheard, code words are used for weapons and meeting sites, according to another source familiar with the group's logistics. These are updated nearly daily and delivered to units via couriers, the source said.
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๐Ÿ“ท In a video, a pager exploded at a home of someone and literally punched a whole through his dresser and the countertop. On the phone, he asks if "the sheikh" is using the new one old pager, which might imply an issue with either but not both. The onesโ€ฆ
๐Ÿ“ฐ According to Reuters, the pagers that exploded were a new model that Hezbullah only started using in recent months

The vast majority of Hezbullah still uses old model pagers, except in Beirut and other large cities, where the new model was starting to become widely circulated.

By: @Middle_East_Spectator
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ The entire security leadership of Israel in addition to Netanyahu, the Minister of War, the head of the Mossad, the Shin Bet, and the National Security Service, are present in the military and security operations room in the hole under the Ministry of War.
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โญ•๏ธ The last alert was at 3.08 pm, shorty before the pager incident

Operations are likely put on halt, until this incident is fully assessed and damage controlled.
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๐Ÿ“ฐ General updates:

- Children were injured in some incidents, after the pagers exploded at homes

- The IDF leaked to Arab media that Hezbullah senior Commanders were injured in this attack also

- Number of injuries is rumored to have reach almost 2,000

- The ministry of health will hold a press conference in 30 minutes

- The Lebanese minister of telecom wants to investigate how these pagers entered Lebanon.
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๐Ÿฅ€ The child Fatima Abdullah is the first known martyr in this incident, after a pager detonated in her parent's house in Sar'een.

To be clear, all those attacks were not in combat, as in not in the battlefield or on active duty, they are civilians during civilian life and civilian everyday.

For that, a different type of crime has been committed.
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Initial statement issued by Hezbullah:


"At approximately 3:30 pm on Tuesday 09-17-2024, a number of message receiving devices known as โ€œpagersโ€ exploded, which were owned by a number of workers in various Hezbullah units and institutions.

These explosions, the causes of which are still unknown, led to the martyrdom of a child and two brothers, and the injury of a large number of people with various injuries.

Hezbullah's competent agencies are currently conducting a wide-ranging security and scientific investigation to determine the causes that led to these simultaneous explosions.

Likewise, medical and health agencies are treating the wounded and injured in a number of hospitals in various Lebanese regions.

We ask God Almighty to have mercy on our righteous martyrs on the road to Jerusalem, and we pray for the wounded and injured to recover quickly.

We call on our honorable people to be aware of the rumors and false and misleading information that some parties are spreading in a way that serves the psychological war in the interest of the Zionist enemy, especially since this is accompanied by the Zionist enemyโ€™s speeches of intimidation and threats and what it calls changing the situation in the north.

We affirm that the resistance, at all its levels and various units, is at the highest level of readiness to defend Lebanon and its steadfast people."

Tuesday 9-17-2024
13 Rabi` al-Awwal 1446 AH
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๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง/๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ/๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธJUST YESTERDAY: Rare US Air Force EC-130H Compass Call (Electronic Warfare) active in the eastern Med Sea.

The EC-130H can disrupt enemy Command and Control communications, perform offensive counterinformation operations, and carry out other kinds of electronic attacks.

The EC-130H carries hardware and software that give the ability to hack into wireless devices, and more.

By MechOsint on X
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๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง/๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ/๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ U.S. Secretary of defense Lloyd Austin is expected to visit Israel on Sunday and Monday to discuss the growing tensions in Lebanon, two Israeli and U.S. officials said.
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๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง The ER in all hospitals are overwhelmed, and injuries in south Lebanon are being transported to other sectors.

What a pathetic country, it's been 11 months and the clown Ministry of Health couldn't form a plan to tackle with such an incident, let alone a continuous case of such.

Between life and death, is that little time between being injured and being hospitalized and treated.
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๐Ÿ“ฐ Not at all you clown, it's a one-way communication tool.

A pager is one communication tool that not only doesn't have GPS built in but can't be located like cellphones. Nobody will know your whereabouts with a 1-way pager.

It receives, but doesn't send data.

https://x.com/JoeTruzman/status/1836064533896671728
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๐Ÿฅ€ OFFICIAL TOLL IN THE PAGER INCIDENT:

- 8 Martyrs so far, including a child
- 2,800 injuries, including loss of eyes, hands, and organs
- Among the injured, 200 are in serious conditions
- Some injuries are permanent disabilities, to hundreds.
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๐Ÿฅ€ Lebanese MP Ali Ammar from Hezbullah's political party mourns the martyrdom of his son, who was killed in the pager incident.

He is the second MP from Hezbullah, to lose his son in this ongoing battle since 8-October.
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๐Ÿ…พ๐Ÿ…ฐ๐Ÿ†Ž๐Ÿ…ฑ Blood is needed in all hospitals, including Al-Maqased. If you can donate, please do.

Injuries rose to 3,000. Almost half of the number injured in the port explosion in Aug 2020.
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โญ•๏ธ In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

#2
Statement issued by Hezbullah:

After examining all the facts, current data and available information about the sinful attack that took place this afternoon, we hold the Israeli enemy fully responsible for this criminal aggression, which also targeted civilians and led to the deaths of a number and the injury of many with various wounds.

Our martyrs and wounded are the symbol of our struggle and sacrifices on the road to Jerusalem, a victory for our honorable people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and continuous field support.

Our position of victory, support, and endorsement of the valiant Palestinian resistance will remain a source of pride for us in this world and the hereafter.

This treacherous and criminal enemy will certainly receive his just punishment for this sinful aggression, whether he expects it or not, and God is witness to what we say.

Tuesday 9-17-2024
13 Rabi` al-Awwal 1446 AH
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