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		diggan on Sept 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in ... Not sure why this was flagged, it's certainly a novel way of striking the enemy, regardless of the political undertones. Reuters seems to have a bit more details, and is probably a bit less biased than current URL (timesofisrael.com): https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/dozens-hezbollah-m...

mytailorisrich on Sept 17, 2024 | [–]

What's definitely novel is the scale, perhaps not the tactic, which has been used many times before (speculative assumption being that the devices were tempered with)

__alexs on Sept 17, 2024 | [–]

It's not especially novel, it's just a lot of similar weapons systems (e.g. cluster bombs, anti personnel landmines) are banned these days.

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