"The explosions had little strategic purpose. As one Western diplomat with long experience dealing with the Middle East said, they were hardly about to force Hezbollah’s leaders to give up a cause they have battled over for four decades."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/us/politics/israel-hezbollah-pager-attacks.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MU4.rgIt.Resp6gLkfMM6

#explodingicoms #lebanon #explodingpagers

Hmm, I definitely *do* have that model of Icom (IMHO, disconnecting the battery from the radio will not render said items safe -- the batteries/devices in this attack look to have been compromised and loaded with explosives... so you're still holding a bomb in this example) -- that said, the Icoms that exploded are the Icom IC-V82 -- newer model, widely counterfeited. #explodingicoms #lebanon #explodingpagers

https://gizmodo.com/walkie-talkies-explode-in-lebanon-as-part-of-a-second-wave-of-attacks-2000500325