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101@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago

Who still uses pagers?

www.voanews.com

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Who still uses pagers?

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101@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago
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The tiny electronic devices remain a vital means of communication in some areas - such as health care and emergency services, thanks to their durability and long battery life
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    Israel could have taken out entire hospital staffs with this “technique”. Hope they remain human and don’t.

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      They (Israeli government) have murdered thousands of innocent men, women and children already without any remorse. Destroyed the entirety of Gaza.

      What makes you think the Israeli government has any heart, sympathy or feelings at all?

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      Those devices were bought by Hesbollah, for their soldiers to use, and were connected to a network they operate.

      From what I understand about the attack, even if one of these devices made it’s way into the hands of a doctor, it would have to be connected to the Hesbollah network to detonate.

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        Multiple electronics stores caught on fire. I doubt Mossad found a specific box that said “To: terrorists” on it and only rigged those pagers. They just don’t care about killing civilians.

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          My understanding of this is those pagers and the network they were connected to were only for use by Hesbollah.

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            Yet they killed children and were in mobile phone stores.

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        Not just their soldiers, civilian members of the organisation were also using them.

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          Bold of you to call them soldiers. For the Israel state or, I hope, government, they are all active/inactive terrorists. Yeah, 10 year olds, too.

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      Seems unlikely considering only pagers belonging to Hezbollah had the explosives added.

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        11 months ago

        Source?

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          There isn’t one, because this is objectively not true.

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            There are many sources because it’s been widely reported. Here’s one: reuters.

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              Hezbollah, the de facto government of large parts of Lebanon, ordered the pagers and widely distributed them. Many of them went to civilians for legitimate purposes. It’s unreasonable to suggest that these are fair targets because they were briefly in Hezbollah’s control at some point along the chain.

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                widely distributed them. Many of them went to civilians for legitimate purposes.

                Source?

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                  https://aje.io/mcioby?update=3187935

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                    Many of the casualties were not Hezbollah fighters but members of the group’s extensive civilian operations

                    They went to Hezbollah, as the person you are disagreeing with said.

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            Source?

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              Ive provided one in another comment.

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          Multiple news articles are saying this was a production level attack, on devices that were specifically ordered by Hesbollah.

          https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/528326/israel-planted-explosives-in-hezbollah-s-taiwan-made-pagers-sources-say

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          It’s been widely reported, here’s a reuters source.

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