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Israel carried out its operation against Hezbollah on Tuesday by hiding explosive material within a new batch of Taiwanese-made pagers imported into Lebanon, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation.

The pagers, which Hezbollah had ordered from Gold Apollo in Taiwan, had been tampered with before they reached Lebanon, according to some of the officials. Most were the company’s AP924 model, though three other Gold Apollo models were also included in the shipment.

The explosive material, as little as one to two ounces, was implanted next to the battery in each pager, two of the officials said. A switch was also embedded that could be triggered remotely to detonate the explosives.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Pagers. Can't imagine who the foremost users of pagers would be in 2024.

*cough doctors *cough

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (13 children)

I have not seen a doctor with a pager in a long time and I have spent a ton of time in hospitals over the past year. They all have smartwatches now.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I have not seen a doctor with a pager in a long time

My friend's a pulminologist and his hospital still uses pagers. They just never bothered to upgrade their 20 year old system to use SMS. And he says he's partial to it, because he's not forced to check his phone every time it rings when 99% of the messages are spam texts anyway.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Back when cell phones were just starting to get “smart” I knew a few folks that carried both a pager & phone. They lived in rural areas where pager coverage was decent but phone coverage was spotty at best, and non-existent in places.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is this universal around all of Lebanon or only the hospital you were at? There were reports claiming medical personnel were hit with the pagers.

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[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Most of the hospitals I work at still use pagers.

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[–] Sauvandu60@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I agree, but they probably could've worded it better. The pagers were meant for Hezbollah but that doesn't mean they exclusively went to Hezbollah.

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