Israel has scored another hit against it’s foe to the north. Just a short time ago the sound of explosions started going off across Beirut as A SECOND WAVE OF DEVICES were remotely blown up.
This is video of a funeral being held for Hezbollah fighters who were killed in yesterday’s attack on encrypted pagers recently purchased and used by Hezbollah in Lebanon. In a completely unexpected plot twist, a DIFFERENT set of devices was just targeted by Israel!
Hezbollah funeral footage, much better quality.
There are at least 100 casualties at this location alone, excluding everywhere else. pic.twitter.com/MJM7g0Nq6m
— 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) September 18, 2024
Check out this breaking news clip put out by Fox News when the story first started to come across the wires:
It has been a bad couple of days to be a Hezbollah operative.
If you don’t want your pager blown up, maybe don’t join Hezbollah. pic.twitter.com/FW12hTmhBc
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) September 18, 2024
Initial reports are saying that two-way radios (walkie talkies) were the particular devices that were just blown up. But according to Nioh Berg, there are actually many different devices that almost simultaneously blew up!
Incomplete list of Hezbollah-held items that exploded today:
• Smartphones
• Radios (including car radios)
• Laptops
• Walkie talkies
• Home intercoms
• Home solar energy systems
• Batteries pic.twitter.com/xWnSjUy4WG— 𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) September 18, 2024
That likely dispels the misinformation put out yesterday (I see what you did right there, Mossad), which attempted to blame the pager explosions on physical explosives hidden inside the pagers during the manufacturing process in Taiwan.
I had a feeling that was a ruse in order to potentially score another point with the same trick shot somewhere down the road — I just didn’t think it would happen the very next day! Somehow, the Israeli security services have skillfully developed a way to simultaneously turn the batteries in a multitude of devices into explosives.
And if that list shared by Nioh is true, it begs the question: was the attack waged via simple cellular signals as was initially understood to be the case after yesterday’s attack? Or is there something more flashy going on with the delivery system in order to cause the “boom”? Unless everything on that list operates using cellular data… we may be looking at something even more novel than it seems on first glance — and that’s saying something! Direct satellite to ground technology? We can only guess, at the moment.
Here’s Fox News with details that are just now being reported:
A senior U.S. official has confirmed to Fox News that Israel is behind the explosions of pagers used by members of Hezbollah in Lebanon as fresh blasts are being reported in Beirut.
Near-simultaneous detonations of pagers used by those belonging to the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group killed at least 12 people, including two children, and wounded nearly 3,000 on Tuesday.
The development comes as multiple blasts were heard in Beruit on Wednesday during a funeral for Hezbollah members and a child that were killed in Tuesday’s explosions, according to The Associated Press.
Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV reported explosions in multiple areas of Lebanon, which it said were the result of walkie-talkies detonating.
An American official told the AP that Israel briefed the United States after Tuesday’s attack, in which small amounts of explosives hidden in pagers were detonated. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the information publicly.
BREAKING:
Video emerges of Hezbollah-owned electric devices exploding in a building in Beirut one after another.
Incoming reports of thousands new explosions and hundreds more of wounded and killed Hezbollah terrorists pic.twitter.com/wLWfFSQl6q
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 18, 2024
Hezbollah is having a really bad day. pic.twitter.com/MhaCLB6wRR
— Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) September 18, 2024
Having witnessed the “golden age” of drones used in warfare in Ukraine and Russia recently, I can only imagine this must be similarly terrifying. The only difference is you can often HEAR the drone coming — which is itself part of what is reportedly so terrifying about them. But… what if you couldn’t hear the explosion coming?
That seems to be the predicament of Hezbollah at the moment. Or… any and all of Israel’s foes (Iran? Etc?), at the present moment.
I can almost certainly guarantee you that Ali Khamenei (the Iranian Supreme Leader) or their newest President, Masoud Pezeshkian, are definitely NOT chillin’ on the couch, scrolling Instagram reels.
I wonder if they’re afraid to change the channel, or use the automatic ice dispenser?
A trip to the bathroom could be a doozy… if you have one of those newfangled snazzy “smart” bidets.
It appears from social media postings that Hezbollah and their Iranian handlers are taking serious steps because of these latest developments.
BREAKING! WATCH Hassan Nasrallah’s first reaction to the “pager attack” that struck thousands of Hezbollah fighters yesterday. pic.twitter.com/RbaN4W8rKu
— Canary Mission (@canarymission) September 18, 2024
All joking aside (temporarily), it seems likely to me from this IDF briefing that Israel still hasn’t played all it’s cards, and likely has more surprises in store for Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran, etc.
Israeli Chief of Staff on Lebanon attacks: "We still have many capabilities,at every stage we operate we are already 2 stages ahead. At every stage the price in Hezbollah should be high.We will make it so that terrorists will be afraid of going to the toilet & even eating food." pic.twitter.com/Rd1OHoZ7fa
— Baba Banaras™ (@RealBababanaras) September 18, 2024
Here is CNN reporting on these attacks, and the tactical impact it will likely have on Hezbollah’s ability to wage warfare:
Most of the people who carried the devices that exploded were probably field officers, the local linchpins for cells of fighters who make up the backbone of Hezbollah’s forces. And now perhaps two thousand, or more, have been temporarily knocked out of commission, or worse.
The communications network of which the pagers and walkie-talkies were a key part is almost certainly offline.
Hezbollah’s intelligence officers must be desperately trying to figure out how all this happened.
Even if a decision is taken to retaliate against Israel, how will the order be passed down the line, and who will – or even can – carry it out?
There can only be one option now:
🚨 LEAKED blueprint of the next Hezbollah communications device after their pagers and walkie-talkies remotely detonated. pic.twitter.com/cue3qso2eW
— Rep. Brian Mast (@RepBrianMast) September 18, 2024
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