Exploding pagers join long history of killer communications devices

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1. Israel seems to be capable to strike its perceived enemies with precision abroad. But in Gaza, for striking refugees in tents or sheltering in their homes, only 2000lb unguided bombs will do.

2. Definitely one of the most impressive feats of unconventional warfare in modern history.

   Surgical precision strike, hitting *thousands* of Hezbollah militants and putting them hors de combat.

   Screwing with Hez’s comms. The reason they use pagers in the first place is because they were scared of Israel bugging them (they did), so they switched to an untrackable, receiver-only pager devices, *greatly compromising their communication capability to defend against bugging*. Israel just demonstrated how they can get even to their pagers. Now, Hezbollah has to think up of a new mode of communication, obtain it somehow, and finally implement it throughout its ranks. Until then, Hezbollah’s mid-tier communication is in *absolute chaos*.

   Absolute humiliation of Hezbollah and Iran’s axis. Israel just showed everybody just how capable it is, and how large the gap between Iran’s faction and Israel really is. Recall the Haniyeh assassination in the heart of Tehran, that took place *simultaneously* with the assassination of Shukr in the heart of Beirut, the no.2 guy in Hezbollah. The message is clear: Mossad will get to you if it wants to.