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- cross-posted to:
- worldnews
- nytimes@rss.ponder.cat
Israel carried out its operation against Hezbollah on Tuesday by hiding explosive material within a new batch of Taiwanese-made pagers imported into Lebanon, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation.
The pagers, which Hezbollah had ordered from Gold Apollo in Taiwan, had been tampered with before they reached Lebanon, according to some of the officials. Most were the company’s AP924 model, though three other Gold Apollo models were also included in the shipment.
The explosive material, as little as one to two ounces, was implanted next to the battery in each pager, two of the officials said. A switch was also embedded that could be triggered remotely to detonate the explosives.
Wasn’t the child killed by being near a pager? I don’t think it belonged to the child.
Does it matter? A child died.
In the context of:
Yes, it matters. Because it suggests it wasn’t a random person that bought a pager.
In the context of the morality of the situation, no, it doesn’t matter. It was not a moral act.