Why are Hezbollah fighters using ‘pagers’? Inside Story of Lebanon Blast – India TV English

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Hezbollah fighters use pagers

Thousands of blasts occurred simultaneously on Tuesday in Lebanon’s capital Beirut. This caused chaos in the entire city. More than 3 thousand people are injured in thousands of serial blasts. So far 8 people have died. After such a large number of blasts, there was screaming and shouting in the streets, houses and shops. Whoever was wherever, was stunned on hearing the sound of the blasts. Soon the hospitals were crowded for the treatment of the injured.

Pagers were hacked and the battery was blasted

Initial information about these blasts revealed that the pagers of Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon were hacked and their batteries were remotely blasted. That is why thousands of pagers exploded simultaneously at various places across Lebanon. This created an atmosphere of panic in the entire city. People started running here and there to know the condition of their relatives.

Most of the pagers were being used by Hezbollah people

Before the blasts, some had the pager in their hands, some had it in their pockets. Some had the pager in their purses. Some had it in their bags. Wherever the pager was kept, the blast occurred there. Most of the pagers in which the blast occurred were being carried by people of the Hezbollah organization.

There is a possibility of Israel’s involvement in these blasts

It is known that Israel is fighting against Hezbollah. That is why Hezbollah has suspected Israel’s hand in this attack. So far, no statement has come from Israel regarding these serial blasts in Lebanon.

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Serial blasts in Lebanon

Israel hacked into Lebanon’s communication network

Actually, Hezbollah suspected that some people in its communication network had been bought by Israel. After this, mobile phones were banned for internal communication in this organization and its members used to communicate using pagers.

Blast was done in pager with the help of malware

Now Hezbollah suspects that Israel has caused blasts in their pagers with the help of some malware. The special thing is that Hezbollah people have been injured in these blasts not only in Lebanon but also in Syria. Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon has also been injured. Lebanon’s hospitals are filled with people injured in these blasts. Hezbollah has appealed to the people to donate blood.

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