{"id":7404,"date":"2024-09-20T12:22:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T11:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=7404"},"modified":"2024-09-26T12:08:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T11:08:44","slug":"exploding-pagers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2024\/09\/20\/exploding-pagers\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploding Pagers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Updated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m following this fast-changing situation in Lebanon (there\u2019s more on my X @garybunt). I\u2019ve updated as new elements become available. Warning: Sensitive content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mdAA2I2eIw\">https:\/\/t.co\/mdAA2I2eIw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary Bunt (@garybunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1837022313885155759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a comprehensive and informed analysis of the exploding pagers situation by Kareem Shaheen:<br><br>There is much to analyze in the mass maiming event of Hezbollah\u2019s exploding pagers \u2014 a new Orwellian form of warfare and horror; memes on social media; the future of Hezbollah and\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Gary Bunt (@garybunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1837016274016108697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHezbollah\u2019s Nasrallah says Israel\u2019s Lebanon attacks crossed \u2018all red lines\u2019\u201d Nasrallah\u2019s speech extract below:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dnyrfLbavz\">https:\/\/t.co\/dnyrfLbavz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dnyrfLbavz\">https:\/\/t.co\/dnyrfLbavz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary Bunt (@garybunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1836850202382131708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lRRViY1Yyn\">https:\/\/t.co\/lRRViY1Yyn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary Bunt (@garybunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1836849292373545050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First Israel\u2019s Exploding Pagers Maimed and Killed. Now Comes the Paranoia | \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WIRED?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WIRED<\/a>\u2069 opinion\/analysis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UzUfTH8rTq\">https:\/\/t.co\/UzUfTH8rTq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary Bunt (@garybunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1836777169365733402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lebanese civilians maimed in the thousands are now &#39;fighters&#39;, for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAtlantic<\/a><br><br>Combatancy based on nationality is the new frontier of racialization. <br><br>It&#39;s the Gaza model. If killed or maimed by allies, they are terrorists by virtue of being killed or maimed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M8mH4zeZTg\">pic.twitter.com\/M8mH4zeZTg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Luigi Daniele (@luigidaniele10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luigidaniele10\/status\/1836278297564520721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What some people are currently gloating about- <br>\u201cSome of the patients, we had to remove both eyes. It kills me. In my past 25 years in practice, I\u2019ve never removed as many eyes as I did yesterday.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hAcaRDoeYC\">https:\/\/t.co\/hAcaRDoeYC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcowenjones\/status\/1836632883512955288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Almost no one in America\u2019s political or media elites cares about this. She is an unperson. Her life has\/had no value. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KcGc2R5etA\">https:\/\/t.co\/KcGc2R5etA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/1836605885097066589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This headline hides the real perpetrator (Israel), and makes it sound like it was Hezbollah that carried out the terror attack. <br><br>I wonder if we can shame <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeMonde_EN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LeMonde_EN<\/a> into changing this terrible article. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HveibnA29b\">pic.twitter.com\/HveibnA29b<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanRMacLeod\/status\/1836547727821361555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Japan firm says it stopped making walkie-talkies used in Lebanon blasts <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2N4KwEqzsg\">https:\/\/t.co\/2N4KwEqzsg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary Bunt (@garybunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1836759643596509654?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lnvdsX6p99\">https:\/\/t.co\/lnvdsX6p99<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary Bunt (@garybunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1836760446461792324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Absolute scenes of chaos in Southern Beirut as hundreds of pagers belonging to members of Hezbollah explode. <br><br>This is just one location. <br><br>Hospital videos show Hezbollah members with various injuries from fingers blown off, hands blown off, and significant eye injuries. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U6pKB2Xne4\">pic.twitter.com\/U6pKB2Xne4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Yashar Ali \ud83d\udc18 (@yashar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yashar\/status\/1836048013598642679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/what-is-israels-secretive-cyber-warfare-unit-8200-2024-09-18\/\">Reuters, What is Israel&#8217;s secretive cyber warfare unit 8200?, 18 Sep 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dAlthough Israel has not commented on the intelligence operation that caused thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon to explode almost simultaneously, the attack has put a spotlight on Israel&#8217;s secretive 8200 cyber warfare unit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gYTOzyLqQV\">https:\/\/t.co\/gYTOzyLqQV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary Bunt (@garybunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1836092705618698361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update on exploding pagers<br><br>Hezbollah blames Israel after pager explosions kill nine and injure thousands in Lebanon <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WBP89SIwIb\">https:\/\/t.co\/WBP89SIwIb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary Bunt (@garybunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1836272410007355489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k7qYkaLVGg\">https:\/\/t.co\/k7qYkaLVGg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary Bunt (@garybunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1836273506218054110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to Sky News Arabia; Mossad was able to Inject a Compound of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN) into the Batteries of the New Encrypted Pagers that Hezbollah began using around February, before they even arrived in the Hands of Hezbollah Members, allowing them to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K6CST3K2DU\">pic.twitter.com\/K6CST3K2DU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sentdefender\/status\/1836113607572230358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So much ideology packed into one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abcnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@abcnews<\/a> headline:<br>1. Obscure the actual perpetrator by framing it as &quot;Hezbollah pager attack&quot; (shield Israel\u2611\ufe0f)<br>2. &quot;Disabled the group&#39;s communications&quot; (Centre &amp; legitimate Israel&#39;s narrative not its war crimes \u2611\ufe0f)<br>3. Represent all victims-\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H5K4DfdNF0\">pic.twitter.com\/H5K4DfdNF0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Randa Abdel-Fattah (@RandaAFattah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandaAFattah\/status\/1836211949639790692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018A sign of panic\u2019 (The Guardian), 18 Sep 2024 <br>Commentary on the pager explosions (via PressReader) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gIOHmHGHiY\">https:\/\/t.co\/gIOHmHGHiY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary Bunt (@garybunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garybunt\/status\/1836297712146264420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated I\u2019m following this fast-changing situation in Lebanon (there\u2019s more on my X @garybunt). I\u2019ve updated as new elements become available. Warning: Sensitive content. Reuters, What is Israel&#8217;s secretive cyber warfare unit 8200?, 18 Sep 2024 \u201dAlthough Israel has not commented on the intelligence operation that caused thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah operatives in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[859,335,263,22],"tags":[860,334,265,898],"class_list":["post-7404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hezbollah","category-israel","category-lebanon","category-technology","tag-hezbollah","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-pagers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7404"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7418,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7404\/revisions\/7418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}