Exploding Hezbollah pagers: How did it happen? DW 09/18/2024
Briefly

Hezbollah has accused Israel of coordinating a sophisticated attack involving 5,000 pagers, suggesting that such an operation would require months of planning and execution.
The choice of using pagers, a technology from the past, raises questions about how these devices, traditionally reliable for emergency communication, were repurposed for military operations.
Hezbollah’s shift to pagers from modern smartphones highlights a tactical move to avoid surveillance, allowing them to communicate safely in situations where monitoring is a risk.
The AR-924 pager, noted for its long battery life, represents how adversaries might adapt existing technology to evade detection and facilitate covert operations.
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