This article says the pagers were "hacked and remotely detonated", which implied a vulnerability in the pagers themselves. A vulnerability which allowed seriously injuring the user.
A vulnerability that could exist in American and European pagers being used by emergency personnel. Or even cellphones, which have much larger batteries. Or laptops.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/17/dozens-of-hezbollah-members-wounded-after-pagers-explode-in-lebanon
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2024-09-17 14:59:45
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