Lebanon: Hezbollah pager explosions injure thousands, several people dead | DW News

Lebanon's health minister says more than 2,500 people have been injured after pagers used by the Hezbollah militia group exploded simultaneously across the country.
Hezbollah fighters and medics are among the wounded. Several deaths have also been reported. Iranian media say that Iran's ambassador to Lebanon has been injured. Hezbollah says it's investigating the cause of the blasts. Israel has declined to comment.
For more on this, we talk to Security Expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project. He joins us from New York.
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#Pager #Lebanon #Hezbollah

[@SeeLasSee]

That the Iranian ambassador to a Lebanon had a Hezbollah pager is highly suggestive. Somebody is making a statement.

[@babuvangu7220]

And the 10year old girl that died,what statement did she make?

[@MmmAaaMmmAaa..__..]

@@babuvangu7220 No one could anticipate a child playing with her dad’s pager. Her father chose to be a terrorist, the blame is on him. If he wasn’t a terrorist, he wouldn’t have had this pager anywhere near his children.

[@babuvangu7220]

@@MmmAaaMmmAaa..__.. The girl was shopping at a market, not her father, It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.

[@nvmtt]

@@MmmAaaMmmAaa..__.. and I assume you have inside knowledge that only specific pagers were targeted and not just indiscriminate bombing.......like you know who likes to do in gaza?

[@danf1862]

@@babuvangu7220 look up the word “pragmatic”

[@borisstanislav4560]

They all received a text from a mysterious long lost cousin named Moss Add in Israel.

[@HellBot-gi5si]

I don't think you understand. This means the war won't stay in the Middle East.

[@Crawlerz2468]

I mean reality is literally r/LooneyTunesLogic

[@lloydgarth1]

You mean 'Mo Saad'.

[@kg....ss7777]

😂😂

[@critterjon4061]

More likely it is just “made in china” products doing their thing

[@SanoyNimbus]

"This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds!"

[@sukulvenkatesh4681]

😂

[@jimmyzhao2673]

I can turn off my internet for the rest of the day because I won't read a better comment.

[@bavery6957]

Dunh dunh, dunh, dunh da dahn dah...!!

[@mesiroy1234]

And the new james bond actor is jreish Mossad is all behiend

[@jonathantan2469]

Mission_Impossible_theme_earrape_version.mp3

[@imagoFX]

Terror group, not militia group.

[@miwoj]

you mean israel?

[@9663mu]

@@miwojno. He means Shitbollah. A designated terrorists group. Educate yourself

[@soulsmouls]

​@@9663mu barely anyone in the world classified them as such

[@9663mu]

@@soulsmouls barely ? France , USA, Germany , Italy and most functioning non terrorist countries designate them as terrorists. Was October 7 ok with you ?

[@jaja3359]

@@9663mu Alot of countries around the world describe Israel as a terrorist state aswell

[@summer031977]

How did hezbollah manage to colonize Lebanon? Lebanon is a mess.

[@alfredingram1280]

Your sick for supporting the epsteins

[@1776ShallCommenceAgain]

Ask Israel, Hezbollah wouldn’t exist there if Israel wasn’t what it’s become brother.

[@summer031977]

@@1776ShallCommenceAgain The Lebanese people are the real victims here.

[@ThinkFree1023]

@@1776ShallCommenceAgainISLAM and demographic change through High Birth Rate and Fear

[@johnd2058]

Hezbollah was founded by Lebanese Shi'ite students in Iran during the Revolution. They're as Lebanese as Maronites.

[@TheAndr3nalin]

Mission impossible and James Bond looks amateur in front of Mossad 😂

[@rosykatzCATS]

My name is Bibi Bond... ✡️✡️✡️✡️✡️✡️✡️✡️ 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@Charlesapril77]

😂😂😂😂

[@borisreljanovic7292]

Can someone please explain to me how did the Iranian ambassador in Lebanon got injured by a pager explosion?!?

[@CaptainTodger69]

iran is the one funding and helping all the terrorist groups fighting israel

[@SanoyNimbus]

Hezbollah is Iranian proxy. He probably communicated with them ...

[@jayclean5653]

Iran is the main supplier of weapons to Hezbollah. Do the math.

[@9663mu]

Iran funds Shitbollah. Not hard to understand

[@etai993]

Iran=hezbollah. The Iranian diplomats in Lebanon are pwrt of Hezbollah.

[@mycah29villaceran31]

Don't mess with Israel.

[@Gggkjj]

Hahaa

[@ranimdakou6950]

Be quit free Palestine 🇵🇸 ❤ sham on you !!

[@tiffanylaserna1288]

@@ranimdakou6950 No thanks I don't support Arab imperialism.

[@Gggkjj]

@@tiffanylaserna1288 go read some history u seem to rely on bible for history as relying on it on science and earth is only 6000 yrs old 🤣

[@Gggkjj]

@@tiffanylaserna1288 read some history! According to Bible earth only 6000 yrs old

[@tomservo5007]

Why did the Iranian ambassador have one of these pagers???

[@peabase]

Iran owns Hezbollah. They want to keep tabs on their investment.

[@WhyWhyWhy-ms3we]

None of the msm are willing to answer this.

[@5nowChain5]

He's a Terrorist, or was...

[@TruthHurts-r4n]

Allah is calling them to move to next life so that the world will be in peace...

[@championfactstv8639]

Wait until you Judgement day. You will cry

[@CaptainTodger69]

@@championfactstv8639 absolute clown

[@say2arunjose]

@@championfactstv8639😂

[@MillennialJesus]

Bwahahaha ​@@championfactstv8639

[@elFuego29]

@@CaptainTodger69 youre talking to a bot. congrats

[@ambrose816]

Mossad is the greatest in the whole world. Dont mess with Israel.

[@TommyV8898]

Pretty bold statement, after one of the worst terror attacks in modern history ravaged Israel. Maybe Mossad should focus more on protecting Israels citizens instead of carrying out daring assassinations, that only destabilize the region even more.

[@pishro09]

You are right, that is why they prevented the October 7Th attack, right?

[@triola3983]

@@pishro09 Mossad wasn't responsible for Oct 7, the Shin Bet was

[@RUTHLESS243]

9/11 was a mossad operation

[@youhavebeenhacked88]

​@@pishro09have u ever thought about it... How could O7 happen with all of Israel's spies, technology and resources?

[@Bill-im6nt]

Last week in Lebanon "HEY guys, I got a great deal on thousands of stolen pagers!"

[@catalinapadilla636]

Stop bullying Israel .

[@bavery6957]

Those Lebanese telecom companies don't mess around when it comes to unpaid bills...

[@gregstarosta7807]

Bravo Israel!

[@EileenGoehring-lb8hy]

👍🏻😂

[@ranimdakou6950]

In you, shame on you !!

[@DG-ie5ip]

@@ranimdakou6950 Think Hamas and look in the mirror ? What do you see ?

[@sharingan8981]

Why Iran ambassador having a terrorist pager?

[@cadrniadrctkers]

Who else just learned pagers still exist?

[@elijahheyes9061]

IKR

[@fenrirgg]

I have no idea what a pager is

[@RamkripalYadav-on7ys]

I only had heard that some terrorist groups around the world use them for not getting hacked because its a very old technology from 1950s

[@janeck.8695]

Me, I remember them from the eighties and nineties, not the 21st century.

[@JosephHoggang-bk4bk]

Even mosad is surprised. Very bad and sad day for Aljazeera and BBC and even cnn.

[@FlyingHridayBoy]

DW is in the same category.

[@greg8103]

Why?

[@Pooja-647]

Dw and trt and france24 also same group members.

[@JosephHoggang-bk4bk]

@@greg8103 their side is losing.

[@mesiroy1234]

Dw is bbc of germney

[@nobs997]

Allah never disappoints in disappointing his people

[@Starudneutral]

👍👍

[@beyondcctv5558]

I try to phone friends in Lebanon ... but they refuse to use their phones ..

[@veronicapetersen8915]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@EileenGoehring-lb8hy]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kamalbabu8826]

😂

[@bill8711]

are you wearing Moss bros Apparel ?

[@agrippasakala5246]

😂😂

[@charlesdenman9052]

“Hold on Ali, my pager just went off”.

[@premiumscents3558]

Hamas has created this Mess Hamas is responsible for this situation

[@TheMrPyatka]

75 years of occupation created this mess.

[@samtheresearcher]

Many were in civilian clothes when it happened. Meanwhile, they were all Hezbollah members! Think about that the next time you use the term "innocent civilians" in this conflict.

[@VytautasLDK]

Or.. .They were simply civilians and not Hezbollah members? Or did Israel pro vided some evidence that they were?

[@ammarlakis]

The 8 years old girl was a Hz member in civilian clothes, right?

[@Mortenthegorilla]

@@ammarlakis there ara no sivilians in this erea

[@anthonybatoski5244]

​@@ammarlakisna there are upcoming dangers better to clear the problem before it comes

[@JuliaMRichter]

​@@ammarlakisWasn't she 11?

[@julioz7482]

Any thoughts on why the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon had a Hezbollah pager on him?

[@Paullee7654]

He is a secret member of hezbula 😮

[@babuvangu7220]

So nurses and doctors in your country are hezbollah?

[@allanbrown3065]

🙄🙄🤣

[@edmunddianga8641]

Google tf

[@Bill-im6nt]

Iranian press reported that he was injured by it, but say it belonged to his bodyguard. ??

[@asher5722]

Israel has spoken.

[@RUTHLESS243]

Dirtyjoo

[@someone2506]

@@RUTHLESS243 sandmankee

[@TheMrPyatka]

Israel is broken

[@ivanm3459]

This is next level you wont see this in movies.

[@jonathantan2469]

It was in the movie "Kingsmen". They sent a code to blow up rigged mobile phones at once.

[@crummmycheese]

When you open pager,it said...Allahu Akbar

[@Starudneutral]

👍👍

[@62Cristoforo]

Now every smartphone in the world is a potential weapon against its owner. Scary

[@suwilanjimutambo7585]

Safety is to stop harassing Israel. Stop

[@adlenechellali2419]

they are only asking for cease fire in gaza ....

[@curious_one1156]

But will Israel stop taking houses in West Bank ?

[@anewthoughteveryday4592]

​@@curious_one1156 Of course not Israël is for Israël

[@Berawan-o1k]

@@curious_one1156 they'll stop if you stop, Israeli practice eyes for eyes, they'll keep taking your eyes

[@kimmathis1945]

They got a great deal on pagers, didn't check the supplier. The risk of buying online…

[@5nowChain5]

Probably sold via UAE as a batch.

[@Masterchief-q8g]

Even if they checked. There is no manual in their holy scripture. How should they even know how this technology works?

[@prashanthsubburam1605]

Considering most people will keep pagers in their pant pocket or shirt pocket both critical areas, I would say ouchhhh……Iranian ambassador using Hezbollah pager is the price for being a terror handler

[@maynardcm]

people still use pagers?

[@vladsky44]

Hizbullah members use pagers

[@IvanNedostal]

mobile phone is two way thing. this is one way thing. so no way of tracking them. and pager can last months on one charge of a battery. but there is no encryption, no authentication. so anyone with 30 dollar radio transmitter can send message to your pager.

[@careyfreeman5056]

@@IvanNedostal Yep. Hezbollah is just like the Barksdale Gang (The Wire).

[@MankindRO]

Use your brain.

[@birdstwin1186]

Only those who are with groups that does not want their messages tracked. So you know who...

[@S7EVE_P]

My assessment is that the supply chain was infiltrated and the pagers modified with a custom firmware and a small explosive charge. It's highly unlikely that the batteries would be the source.

[@jesselee3391]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. How they pulled this off, I wonder how...

[@salRL-eb3zc]

simple explanation why Israel is against terrorists and not against Lebanon. The State of Israel does not want to occupy Lebanon or anything like that, quite the opposite - Hezbollah and Iran occupied Lebanon, Israel against Hezbollah.

[@ثلاجاتمستعملة]

Liar. Israel actually occupied Lebanon before that and Hezbollah fought them back

[@kchapo_4202]

And Israel is occupying Palestine. What’s your point?

[@triola3983]

@@kchapo_4202 "Palestine" didn't exist before Israel "occupied" it

[@pnduarte4696]

​@@triola3983 yeah its was called like that for decades cant say the same about israel my grandparents is older than that colonial state. 😂

[@MuntadarAlrubayee]

Yes, Israel is fighting terrorists, and that is why it killed 40,000 Palestinians, most of whom were terrorists, children and women.

[@antr9337]

Mossad Sands its regards.

[@frossato]

According the Iranian authority, 2200 students got injured

[@StevenBrener]

So Hezbollah has been rebranded as "students"?

[@jazzmann254]

😂😂😂

[@yosefdrai2631]

Babies, elders and women

[@kamalbabu8826]

😂

[@kazkaskazkas8689]

Those were all underaged elderly pregnant women!!!

[@guimaraspc]

DW is sad again. 😆

[@R2_D3]

You're still not original, or funny...

[@Cherish1056]

Where did they buy the pagers from?

[@uzilazar7711]

from Moti Rola

[@scarecrow1799]

Temu

[@ronitgreenblum7182]

The answer is Iran. They were recently purchased and distributed and made in Iran.

[@MrReymoclif714]

@@ronitgreenblum7182Chain of supply????

[@metaknecht]

Tal Afon

[@Userf451]

Israel doesn’t mess around.

[@saimjaved7548]

Even after this level of high tech they had no clue about octsvn

[@Havardr_Ash_Kenaz]

Pagers are still a thing?

[@archlich4489]

I think they're going low tech to hide. It didn't work.

[@Masterchief-q8g]

In stone age. Yes.

[@jeffersonsola]

Go meet your allah

[@kinishosumi1980]

Hashem!! Pick my call!! Am not Mossad 😂😂😂

[@diazvirdani1059]

*stay strong & safe Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, & all arab countries. Beware of spying carried out by Israel allies. GBU🙏*

[@rofiq1998]

Never mess with Israel

[@netsiteing]

Message: pagers are old tech, you need to get new iPhones … so maybe this was Apple as they launch new phone and need more sales

[@peabase]

They're using pagers because they're receive-only. Since they don't transmit, they can't be tracked.

[@phanedymazuba3204]

any thing as long as it's electronic is dangerous,it can be controlled remotely

[@Zindo.Majesty.HisMajesty]

@@netsiteing they believed it was safe

[@malteschaper3782]

Apple-Phones? Are you serious? That is the mobile equivalent of a nuclear warhead in your pocket. Better do a downgrade!

[@netsiteing]

not much these guys believe in is true

[@highmountainwolf]

It's not worth being a TOURIST 😅

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Hasn't been since the Civil War

[@christianweibrecht6555]

This video should include a section explaining what pagers are By now, many older people have forgotten about them while younger viewers might never have heard of them

[@DRKrust492]

Or, viewers could just Google 'pagers.'

[@virtualtourist6492]

I think gen z would be the most confused.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

Uhm, most of us watched films and series or even read books where they're used, so we know, even if we've never seen one irl.

[@virtualtourist6492]

@@amadeosendiulo2137 I am sure most people know but I am also certain many are confused.

[@alexmost166]

Right... because you don't know what a type writer is...

[@nareshgirdhar849]

These were Chinese pagers.

[@hainermeyer9381]

You can't overload a battery remotely, when the device is not connected to a charger. What an "Expert".

[@Trottelheimer]

A charger has nothing to do with it. If there is a capability in the device of causing an excessive current draw from the Li-Po battery, it can overheat, rupture and short out. When that happens you get an explosive fire, very hot and full of nasty gases too. Ref. electric vehicles, mobile phones, laptops etc, exploding and catching fire when the battery gets sufficiently damaged.

[@itcantbetruebutis7778]

The fact that he even has to say it's not an accident

[@damianvisser977]

Temu?

[@saus9870]

this dude is incompetent, just said the pagers just got replaced and then that the battery got overloaded causing the explosion, if he knew anything about explosions he would know that those tiny Lithium battery's would not do the damage that the pagers did.

[@vinny.morales]

Israel has roared👹

[@TizBaz5]

Thousands of what?

[@Tuxon86]

LOL! hahahahahahahaahahahaahaha

[@GermanAtheist89]

yeah hahahahahahahahahaha

[@tasnim984]

😂😂

[@TruthHurts-r4n]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@guimaraspc]

😆😁😄😃😀

[@larrymunn5279]

*point* HA! ha.

[@zhaoraymond8656]

I would like to ask, many of the victims of this attack are civilians, is this considered a terrorist attack?

[@DG-ie5ip]

Can you hear me now ?

[@baruchben-david4196]

Why would the Iranian ambassador have *any* pager? Who uses pagers any more?

[@creakyjoints130]

FYI many civilians were injured also 2 children were killed. Is anyone going to call this a terrorist attack or is this role reserved to brown people?

[@PedroLopez-sx1zw]

Schallom. But why did Iranian ambassador has a page of Hezbollah terrorists??? very, vey strange

[@freddiecarr7602]

The pager instructions said to carry in front pocket!

[@VytautasLDK]

> Security expert > Thinks pager battery explosion sufficient to injure someone could be caused by overloading

[@aqlli_yechimlar]

Yeah, I never heard or saw AA battery exploding. It must be rigged with smaller bombs.

[@XDSDDLord]

@@aqlli_yechimlar Did you consider that perhaps brand-new pagers bought in 2024 might have small lithium batteries in them?

[@theflamingofamilyof4]

All the people mocking the death and injuries of innocents and saying that Israel did good, i curse you all. Its shameful to see such comments

[@FabiusPolis]

From "dozens of Hezbollah fighters among the victims" to "Hezbollah pager", implying that this was to 98% Hezbollah fighters tells a lot about nowadays media.

[@mehkhasur]

Such a shameless anchor, calling an act of terror as SPECTACULAR.

[@Anti-terrorist3112]

The pagers were made by Sambang!!!

[@finnjacobsen684]

Electronic equipment does not explode. Batteries may overheat and catch fire, but hardly ever explode. The pagers must have been filled with explosives during production or before distribution and a detonator triggered by a signal.

[@StarOfDavidKush]

Lithium batteries explode when they come in contact with water.

[@finnjacobsen684]

@@StarOfDavidKush And how could a radio signal make water enter into the battery?

[@StarOfDavidKush]

@@finnjacobsen684 it is more likely firmware that causes lithium cells to explode (like the laptop defects some 7-10 years ago) was deployed to the pagers with an OTA over the air remotely update from the telecommunications company in Lebanon and Syria.

[@finnjacobsen684]

@@StarOfDavidKush Firmware or software makes no difference. You will have to cause a short-circuit of the battery, which is not possible neither by software nor hardware, and even if that would be possible, it would most likely start to burn instead of explode.

[@Sedna063]

@@StarOfDavidKushit‘s unlikely that this is a battery. It would not detonate as it did, it would be far slower and those explosions are too timed.

[@Kohen124]

A short message for Iran's proxies.

[@mikehinson5935]

Are we talking about an old school beeper??? Pager??? Who uses these??

[@Jennyendtimetalk]

Natanayu the new Islam prophet

[@aqlli_yechimlar]

Hey, you dropped something! I think it's your brain.

[@GordyThomas]

TikTok ⏰

[@tallytashjian3203]

There are citizens in Lebanon who have nothing to do with any of this and support no party no politician and yet we are living in this hot mess. And yes I’m using my phone 😱😱

[@connorboshi7319]

No goats or civilians where harmed in the making of this film

[@craigenputtock]

Iran has a hand in this.

[@ALGERIEECONOMIE]

older pages worked with AA batteries and newer ones work with AAA batteries .... there is no way of overloading these batteries remotely as they are not lithium based! The pagers were bought comprosed from the source of either the manufacturer or the distributer. We'll know more in the future

[@justinmatangi6406]

Who uses pagers anymore???

[@Scorch428]

a production mistake ROFL I cant believe he even said that....

[@wikitrader1]

No one is safe, you say something they don’t like your gone too.

[@wekurtz72]

Germany kinda has a history of...over policing, euphemistically? So I'm surprised at the gestapo-esque censorship on this channel. Why even have a comments section?

[@Traptalk614]

So Dr evil and Netanyahu not the same person 😂😂😂

[@elijahheyes9061]

I had to google what a pager is.

[@14d823c]

Spectacular ? The message is your phone is not safe 😂 Big Brother is not just watching he is killing ! Better get that real democracy up !

[@driasalta4834]

Theyre still using pagers?

[@tony6896]

L´haim!

[@MrDenzal27]

Stop the islamafacation of the UK.

[@saimjaved7548]

Now we know that no human is safe anywhere in world unless he time travels back some 100 years maybe

[@errarehumanumest3810]

No, it was the Jamaican Secret Service that organized the pager remote manipulation.

[@robertmusil5831]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, October 2023: “Israel is a democratic state guided by very humanitarian principles, so we can be certain that the Israeli army will respect the rules that arise from international law in everything it does.”

[@kimmathis1945]

Don't think the IDF meddles with electronics.

[@brokeindio5072]

Straight out of a Sasha Baron Cohen film lmaooo

[@Alatus-firefly]

Its not us

[@zeb995-p1u]

Then who? China? (from Philippines ✌️)

[@lonewolfhero3526]

​@@zeb995-p1u maybe Anonymous were bored.

[@mickmac2223]

Is it due to brexit?

[@Buddha2024-w7y]

Did any dinghys blow up in the channel?

[@PIL-t3x]

Great. Now pagers will be banned onboard flights.

[@CatO9lives]

Isaiah 1:24 Therefore the Lord declares, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: “Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.

[@EastBayE]

I was worried about my phone spying on me but now it can be an assassin too?!? CREEEEPY.

[@koohuang2718]

These pagers were purchased from Taiwan where all military decisions are directly made by Pantagon😂

[@GG-un7hj]

I saw some posters speculating on what the pager message was. “Allah calling”

[@timsimmons2134]

I didn't know that they even still made pagers anymore.

[@patrickbureau1402]

"...No ONE is SAFE..." Who has the BIG STICK ...aah Couzinz 🍀🇨🇦⚜️