Come In, Terrorist: Israel Rocks Hezbollah With Second Round of Blasts Targeting Handheld Radios

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New wave of explosions kills 1 and injures at least 100 more, according to initial report

A fresh wave of explosions tore through Lebanon on Wednesday, just one day after thousands of Hezbollah fighters were injured when their pagers simultaneously detonated as part of a sophisticated Israeli strike on the terror group. This time, it was their handheld radios that exploded.

The latest explosions killed at least 1 person and wounded 100 more, according to the New York Times. The attack set buildings ablaze across Beirut and other areas, with the country’s Red Cross organization dispatching at least 30 ambulances to deal with “multiple explosions” in several locations. Photos and videos posted to social media showed explosions in real time and depicted the aftermath.

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The strike targeted Hezbollah’s handheld radios and other low-tech devices the terror group relies on to communicate. Hezbollah has been using pagers, walkie talkies, and other similar devices to evade Israeli intelligence.

The coordinated attack suggests Israel still has control over Hezbollah’s communications and logistics networks, even after the terror group scrambled to disrupt the operation in the wake of the initial Tuesday strike, which killed at least 12 people and injured around 2,800 more. Israel reportedly hid tiny explosives inside a batch of pagers imported into Lebanon. 

“The explosive material, as little as one to two ounces, was implanted next to the battery in each pager,” the New York Times reported. “At 3:30 p.m. in Lebanon, the pagers received a message that appeared as though it was coming from Hezbollah’s leadership” but instead “activated the explosives.”

The attacks came in the wake of a Monday visit to Israel from senior White House adviser Amos Hochstein, who urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials to avoid an all-out war with Hezbollah. National security experts told the Washington Free Beacon that the pager attack shows Israel “is trying to make it clear to Hezbollah and Iran that it does not fear escalation.”

“Hezbollah will respond, but this attack will make them realize they are more vulnerable than they think,” said Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow and former U.S. Envoy to Iran Elliott Abrams.

Original News Source – Washington Free Beacon

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