Israel’s Beeper Attacks Are Terrorism
The rigging of pagers and other electronics that has wounded over 3,000 people in Lebanon is neither “precise” nor “sophisticated.” It is barbaric — and it is terrorism.
Women attend the funeral of the victims who were killed in the electronic pagers explosions in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 18, 2024. (Marwan Naamani / dpa / picture alliance via Getty Images)
Israel carried out two terrorist attacks across Lebanon this week, bringing the entire region ever closer to the brink of all-out war. These are the actions of a rogue state and the direct result of a climate of total impunity.
Thousands of pagers and two-way radios laden with explosives were detonated across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The explosions went off in crowded supermarkets, on busy roads, and in homes, schools, and hospitals. The attack maimed over 3,000 people and killed at least thirty, among them children.
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