Josh Layton
The synchronised detonation of pagers and hand-held radios thought to have been obtained by Hezbollah has left at least 20 people dead and 450 injured, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
Some of the walkie-talkies blew up at or near funerals which were being held yesterday for those killed in the first round of blasts on Tuesday.
Alberto Fernandez, vice president of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), described Hezbollah as being ‘brutally exposed’ by the ‘unprecedented’ attack.
‘It was an astonishing operation, one that will go down in the history of irregular warfare and technology in military operations,’ he said.
‘There is no full clarity yet but it seems that the Israelis were able to intercept a shipment intended for Hezbollah operatives, tamper with the pagers, adding some explosives to the device and then remotely detonate them, perhaps by raising the temperature of the lithium battery causing the pager to explode.’
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