Hezbollah hit by a wave of exploding pagers and blames Israel. At least 9 dead, thousands injured

Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people - including an 8-year-old girl - and wounding several thousand, officials said. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel for what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack.
WGN's Brónagh Tumulty has the latest developments.

[@kimmies4582]

why did the Iranian ambassador have a Hezbollah pager??

[@leos3003]

Give you 3 guesses.

[@ulrichkamp6291]

@@leos3003 Same iranian wholesale retailer called Dossam?

[@kimmies4582]

@@ulrichkamp6291 😂

[@casienwhey]

The message here is don't F with Israel. They have a long memory and a long arm.

[@jody-ne7xs]

With american debt. Yes.

[@Chromatic145]

@@jody-ne7xs They are our allies.

[@calvinhill2975]

Dancing Israelis, U.s.s Liberty

[@Anisky123]

@@Chromatic145It’s a bot, don’t feed it.

[@allanzylbert1306]

​@@jody-ne7xsIt's NOT AMERICAN MONEY YOU DULT

[@dianakidd4219]

From the river to the sea They gonna find it hard to pee

[@Anisky123]

😂

[@brentderkson6858]

Those terrorists sure do cry loud....

[@GymJoe]

Still Waiting For The IDF To Cry (they are considered terrorists after all) 🤷‍♂️

[@chrischreative2245]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, I thought this switched to Irish national news for a minute and not Chicago news. Her accent is rich

[@andrewczski1969]

She works for potatoes, I hear!

[@49erDiner]

Oddly - the Pager shop turned into a kebab shop overnight - with a " Help Wanted " sign

[@tmac6688]

What's next flip phones

[@yougonnaeatthat9889]

Try all phones, when can we expect them to start blowing up our phones in the US? The videos I've watched show it's the battery not some planted charge.

[@michieal-yn5gg]

why would they buy Chineas pagers? Israel has better one

[@PearlofJesus747]

for real 💯

[@stevelandry6825]

China's......just showing you the correct spelling.

[@sunrise1975italia]

Some people have better spelling some have better logic

[@bazazow5136]

They gave their own people those phones how come they put the blame on the Israeli

[@ulrichkamp6291]

Hey, no pointing finger(s)...

[@FelishaJones-u5l]

How about answering the phone now?

[@carriecree1789]

He said "bye Felisha" for the last time

[@handle8431]

"Less use of mobile devices is good for one's physical and mental health".....Jonathan Haidt

[@gilescaver8841]

With or without Israeli involvement, the IRGC’s internal division now poses the greatest threat to Khameini’s regime.

[@ragged_claws_scuttling]

🇺🇸 🇮🇱 💪

[@alexfranklin1479]

Israel has long arms to reach everywhere against its enemy. No one can imagine how it will work .Eventhough it is a small country, it's power and potential is unimaginable, nothing is impossible for them

[@toddmadden9777]

Now I know where to get rid of those old Claymore rotary-phones that I bought at auction last year...

[@patbateman6729]

You very bad man Jerry

[@77chevy4x4]

Were they ATT or sprint versions!?

[@DavidArulnathan]

why Paranoid over Israel ?? learn to love and live together.

[@Felon4Trump]

W

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Anderson Melissa Robinson Sharon Hernandez Anthony

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Harris Ronald Moore Kimberly Smith Brenda

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😂😂😂😂😂

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Wilson Kimberly Brown Paul Allen Lisa

[@loriace9841]

I guess terrorists shouldn’t carry pagers!!

[@RootsMusic-ek5nc]

An 8 year old girl, That sucks....I can imagine many innocent were hurt also, This is as callous as Hezbollah itself

[@sunrise1975italia]

12 children was killed by Hezbollah in northern Israel. Let’s don’t forget that

[@maryhutchings7491]

so your saying terrorists don't like being attacked?

[@Johnny_Pballs]

That has to scare the shit out of them ....who can they trust

[@mrt445]

they can communicate using drums.

[@jamesgilliam5278]

Oh well. They found out I guess. Maybe they'll stop lobbing missles into Israel.

[@GymJoe]

Maybe Stop Lobbing Missiles Into Palestine 🤷‍♂️🤝

[@mikeh8416]

I haven't seen anyone with a PAGER since the 1980's!!

[@frankclaxton8251]

I'm sure cell phones are next.

[@20greeneyes20]

Hezbollah was using pagers to communicate without being detected or spied on, so anyone's Pager that blew up You would know they have some connection To Hezbollah. As far as I know new phones blew up. It was just pagers.

[@f4wnz132]

Doctors? Nurses? Haven't seen them?

[@mikeh8416]

@@f4wnz132 NOT ONE.

[@MrVenona]

People used them in the 1990s as well. Sending a text message to a cell phone used to cost real money. Pager messages were cheap or free.

[@georgehantzakos9893]

The US is saying holy shit, don't piss off Israel

[@JimwombatLand]

being a terriost is dangerous

[@faithbad666]

As israel is learning.

[@brentderkson6858]

@@faithbad666 Haniyeh learned it well

[@faithbad666]

@@brentderkson6858 free palestine

[@Nedankinde93]

What a clever trick, to send a message but not quite declare a war.

[@jcasaide]

You don’t mess with the Zohan

[@lulurosenkrantz3720]

How could they point the finger ?

[@ulrichkamp6291]

Sorry, had something similar, had not seen your message.

[@kembekanana]

May God Bless and Protect the IDF...

[@RD-macpie]

Please, please don't play the game with IDF

[@RogerLewis-ey2tt]

IDF THINKS THIS IS A GAME???

[@markredmond2014]

When the 7th century meets the 21st

[@everestinspections9088]

Tbey didn't pay the bill, it wasnt isreal it was the service provider. he's a member, too of bigbolas.

[@sentenced2sail]

You got a new message, ahmed!

[@martindavis9930]

Used pager for sale...er...never mind.

[@PedroLopez-sx1zw]

schallom. can you imagine long years ago when Lebanon was christian ?? After comes Hezbollah and caos

[@LbLedesma-zp6pm]

Bullshit

[@wwitness]

​@@LbLedesma-zp6pmWhat is? Islam has a well documented history of violent conquest. What did you think everyone in the Middle East is Arab 😂

[@AppalachianPatriot]

Beware of the bag phones.

[@ItsMe-vg4vj]

😂

[@harryclint6170]

And I thought my ex girlfriend used to blow up my pager back in 1998

[@peterrex8191]

Heznoballaz announced paper cups and string as new tech communication device…on the positive note..Olympic committee announced that many members of Heznoballaz now qualify for women’s boxing 🥊 teams.

[@deeprollingriver52]

Omg. The pagers literally BLEW up. This is unbelievable.

[@49erDiner]

I bet a primer cap of some kind - Size of a us dime.

[@poohbuttlilboy4316]

How we didn't know pagers could do that back in the 90s is crazy

[@We_Dont_Miss]

Well, maybe they shouldn't be terrorists huh?

[@johnsebar7807]

hazbeen just go away

[@savaii4menow]

Made in China?

[@mikew5858]

Yahweh 1 Allah 0

[@FatBoy-f9p]

Boomers

[@rickywillis3457]

I'll bet the organization involved in this created pegasus

[@mr.woowoo8826]

😂😂😂😂

[@PCgamerChannel]

Pagers XD, is this where we sent them all after 1996?

[@wadeh777]

People still use pagers? Wtf

[@willmad3121]

Hezzobollah …not people

[@wadeh777]

@@willmad3121 good point

[@yt650]

The level of sophistication is unbelievable and now more than ever it looks like October 7 that started all this was a huge mistake. Make no mistake when it began. They haven’t played all their cards yet. I’m just a messenger here and I’m just an observer.

[@user-dn5nr1rd1z]

Israel ignored their own troops on the border a month before the attack, and had Israel not stolen Palestinian land, killed Palestinians, they wouldnt need worry much about attacks against them

[@MikeNBikes]

Yup exactly.

[@yt650]

@@MikeNBikes They lost their mind .

[@RogerLewis-ey2tt]

Yeah, agree --Bibi let Hamas over the border, and made sure the "Hannibal" IDF offed enough Israelis to cause national shock, because he thought he could make Greater Israel Palestinianrein, grab some Lebensraum on the beach. AND steal the offshore gas fields that the God Israel claims to worship gave to the Palestinians. It WAS a big mistake. But I'm just an observer, lol

[@willmad3121]

I got mine from Saul Goodman.

[@clothedinsalvation]

How would Israel make pagers that hezbollah uses expolde 😂

[@BWACustomLeather]

Israel did not have anything to do with it. 😊

[@angelinajeffree7768]

Martin Laura Hernandez Donald Johnson Jennifer

[@robertbrooks6167]

From Russia with Love? Were these pagers made in Russia? Only man would be cleaver enough to pull this off - Bond! - James Bond?

[@mylifematter]

It seems the pagers were from a fake company by the name of BAC Consulting Kft. Szőnyi út 33/A and owned by just one girl, Bársony-Arcidiacono Cristiana Rosaria...LOL

[@johntheclyde2816]

Complete disruption of Hezbollah internal communications. The second wave started today; walkie talkies are detonating all over Lebanon. I am in awe of Mossad…how do they DO this 💩.

[@billydog55]

As were stare at our phones.

[@Huwadkami-x8q]

Pa James Bond James Bond kapang nalalaman

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Williams Helen Thompson Laura Taylor Sarah

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Thomas Elizabeth Thomas Sharon Hernandez Richard

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Hernandez Charles Anderson James Jackson Kimberly

[@muhammadtamad889]

Truly amazing China made products.......

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Williams Thomas Williams Eric Perez Robert

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Robinson James Smith Lisa Harris Donald

[@charlesharper2357]

Quick! Better sell your Playstations...they're next!

[@ferdinandgilbers1994]

Perez Michelle Hall Carol Young Shirley

[@rodgertaylor538]

Jones Cynthia Moore Angela Moore Timothy

[@michaelcroftoon5509]

Martin Michelle Smith Donna Moore Laura

[@4johnybravo]

Stuxnet but with pagers..

[@ЮлианДьячков]

Wilson Maria Harris Brenda Allen Carol

[@tommcclelland119]

😂😂😂

[@TravisSevin-e1b]

Taylor Betty Moore Susan Lee Karen

[@MCMAHON1250]

Be careful. Every cell phone could do the same thing

[@dumdumbrown4225]

Rajnikanth approves 🎉 🎈 🎁 🍾 🧨

[@Huwadkami-x8q]

Alam nya ang mga araw at oras na iyon bilang pagsaway at paalala. Ang dapat mong akuin mr. Barbarus ay ang mga sibilyan at mga batang namatay sa mga kamay mo

[@mjones1665]

📟💥

[@Chromatic145]

Did they buy the pagers from Israel? If not, how could Israel be responsible.

[@ulrichkamp6291]

No, iranian online wholesale retailer called Dossam. Went out of business a few months ago.

[@hhc1948]

Pagers? Thought that wa a thing of the past.

[@ulrichkamp6291]

Not if you try to avoid digital handshakes and are deeply into clandestine communications for terroristic purposes...

[@ronaldabrams7222]

Do not try this in Chicago. Thank You.

[@alrowland6495]

How did they determine the US was not involved that quickly?

[@andrewczski1969]

Because the FBI told WGN last week, that.

[@RobertRitchie-re5pt]

The USA doesn’t use pagers.

[@KO-sx9uy]

Wouldn’t this be considered terrorism?

[@daveskolnick9643]

Its not Zohan! "I like to do hair!"

[@TitouanMathieuTitouanMathi-b2p]

Young Richard Lee Brian Anderson Gary

[@superfly1842]

Whats a pager?

[@CitizenCane-w6p]

All of that from exploding pages there must have been a hell of a lot of pagers

[@marielosjauregui9065]

😂

[@ulrichkamp6291]

Allegedly an order of 3,000-4,000 devices. That would mesh with a total of 2,800 injured and deceased. Misfirings, person away from pager, and accidentally switched off units...

[@FatBoy-f9p]

Shocking murders