Wednesday, September 18 …
Israel detonates Hezbollah walkie-talkies a day after pager attack
Israel on Wednesday blew up thousands of two-way personal radios used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon in a second wave of an intelligence operation that started on Tuesday with the explosions of pager devices, two sources with knowledge of the operation told Axios. More than a dozen people were killed and hundreds of others were wounded.
The big picture: The second wave of clandestine attacks is another serious security breach in Hezbollah's ranks and increases pressure on the militant Lebanese group.
Lebanon's health ministry said 14 people were killed and 450 wounded in the attacks on Wednesday.
The walkie-talkies were booby-trapped in advance by Israeli intelligence services and then delivered to Hezbollah as part of the militia's emergency communications system, which was supposed to be used during a war with Israel, the sources said.
The attack further damages Hezbollah's military command and control system.
Driving the news: On Tuesday, Israeli intelligence services blew up thousands of pager devices used by members of Hezbollah's military units and institutions.
At least nine people were killed, including a child, and more than 2,800 were wounded in the attack.
On Wednesday afternoon local time during the funerals of some of the Hezbollah members killed in the first attack, a second wave of explosions took place. — Axios
Our Take: So Israel detonates thousands of pagers on Tuesday, injuring thousands and killing several, including a few kids. They couldn't possibly have known who, exactly, was in the possession of those pagers at the exact moment of detonation; they were merely operating off of a presumption (perhaps based on intel) that a number of them would likely be in the hands of Hezbollah members.
Then, the next day, during the funerals of the victims—some of whom were Hezbollah, but also the children who were collateral damage—walkie talkies are detonated in a similar manner, injuring and killing more people, including more children.
Objectively speaking, how is what Israel is doing any different than what Ted Kaczynski ("The Unabomber") was doing between 1978 and 1995, when he mailed bombs to random people in an attempt to foment chaos and anarchy? (Only 3 people were killed and 23 injured over that 17 year period—a rather lackluster body count, compared to what Israel just achieved in a 24 hour period.)
Furthermore, considering the level of coordination that Israel has demonstrated here, it would be prudent to remind everybody that back on October 7th, 2023, it took the Israeli government SEVEN HOURS to mobilize a response to a violent invasion, despite the fact that their entire society (mandatory military service) is organized around the preparation of that exact scenario.
Simply put, the Israeli government/military has been preparing for that moment ever since its creation in 1948. Not only did it fail to meet that challenge, but we now have Israeli helicopter pilots and corroborating investigative reports that confirm that military personnel were ordered to fire upon Israeli citizens that day, killing hundreds of them.
Brian Lupo and I actually covered the helicopter pilot's public testimony back in November, on Badlands Daily. At the time, CannCon—a marine who serve in Iraq—said that the devastation shown in the picture below (which shows the parking lot of the infamous Nova music festival that became the original target of the Hamas attack) was absolutely indicative of damage caused by hellfire missiles launched from helicopters, and could not possibly have been caused by Hamas infantry with rifles and RPG's.
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With this totality of evidence, let's check in on the international response:
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And here's what Israel is saying:
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I understand there are reports of Israel rigging these devices with explosive materials, possibly linked to Taiwan or Hungary, and we will discuss that more, in detail, in the coming days. But this "shift in military strategy" to "all out war" aligns with what Ukrainian President Zelensky said a few days ago in a media interview, when he said that the NATO Nazi strategy is now to target Russian civilians, in order to undermine support for Putin's war effort.
What Zelensky is describing is terrorism, just like what Russian Foreign Minister spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said of the IDF.
A few days ago, I mused that we were witnessing the emergence of a "supervillain," referring to the Netanyahu regime, and that could easily be extended to NATO and Ukraine, but this is clear evidence that the world finds this conduct unacceptable, and won't stand by and allow civilians to be treated as military targets.
Not only is the Netanyahu regime descending into madness, but its behavior is bordering on suicidal. Anytime you are killing children, and indifferent toward it, then it is impossible for you to claim to be the benevolent actors. — GhostofBasedPatrickHenry
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