Hacker News with Generative AI: Hezbollah

Ex-Mossad Agents Reveal How They Turned Hezbollah's Devices into Bombs (twz.com)
Key details of the Israeli intelligence service’s operation targeting members of Hezbollah with exploding pagers and walkie-talkies in September have been revealed.
Espionage, Intelligence, Hezbollah, Israel, Security
21 points by thenaturalist 23 days ago | 21 comments
How Israel’s bulky pager fooled Hezbollah (reuters.com)
The batteries inside the weaponised pagers that arrived in Lebanon at the start of the year, part of an Israeli plot to decimate Hezbollah, had powerfully deceptive features and an Achilles' heel.
Israel, Hezbollah, Military Technology, Espionage
104 points by nabla9 94 days ago | 238 comments
More Details on Israel Sabotaging Hezbollah Pagers and Walkie-Talkies (schneier.com)
The Washington Post has a long and detailed story about the operation that’s well worth reading (alternate version here).
Israel, Hezbollah, Military Technology, Espionage, Security
8 points by romperstomper 95 days ago | 0 comments
Israel's Pager Attacks and Supply Chain Vulnerabilities (schneier.com)
Israel’s brazen attacks on Hezbollah last week, in which hundreds of pagers and two-way radios exploded and killed at least 37 people, graphically illustrated a threat that cybersecurity experts have been warning about for years: Our international supply chains for computerized equipment leave us vulnerable. And we have no good means to defend ourselves.
Cybersecurity, Israel, Hezbollah, International Relations
8 points by repelsteeltje 116 days ago | 1 comments
Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers (nytimes.com)
The pagers began beeping just after 3:30 in the afternoon in Lebanon on Tuesday, alerting Hezbollah operatives to a message from their leadership in a chorus of chimes, melodies, and buzzes.
Israel, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Espionage, Military Technology
40 points by palidanx 121 days ago | 26 comments
Walkie-talkie explosions rock Lebanon a day after pager attacks (apnews.com)
Multiple explosions went off Wednesday at the site of a funeral for three Hezbollah members and a child killed by exploding pagers the day before, according to Associated Press journalists at the scene.
Lebanon, Explosions, Hezbollah, Violence, Security
15 points by BenjiWiebe 122 days ago | 1 comments
Lebanon is hit by more explosions as 'Hezbollah walkie talkies' detonate (dailymail.co.uk)
Walkie talkies used by Hezbollah fighters have detonated across Lebanon, wounding dozens of people including mourners at a funeral, witnesses and security sources have reported.
Lebanon, Hezbollah, Explosions, Security
44 points by akshaybhalotia 122 days ago | 7 comments
Exploding pagers injure hundreds in attack targeting Hezbollah members (cnn.com)
Terrorism, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Middle East, Injuries
89 points by ath0 123 days ago | 4 comments
Wireless Devices Explode Across Lebanon After Israel Warns Hezbollah (nytimes.com)
Large numbers of “wireless devices” simultaneously exploded across Lebanon in an apparently coordinated attack that caused hundreds of injuries, Lebanese health officials said on Tuesday, a day after Israeli leaders warned that they were considering stepping up their military campaign against Hezbollah.
Lebanon, War, Hezbollah, Israel, Explosives
19 points by fra 123 days ago | 1 comments
Hezbollah members reportedly injured by exploding pagers (bbc.co.uk)
Hundreds of members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah have reportedly been injured after handheld pagers they use to communicate exploded.
Hezbollah, Lebanon, Explosions, Technology
36 points by gadders 123 days ago | 2 comments
Hezbollah Communications Devices Explodes (middleeasteye.net)
Hundreds of Hezbollah members have been wounded in Lebanon's south and Beirut after pagers used by the group exploded, according to Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad.
Hezbollah, Lebanon, Explosions, Military
32 points by o999 123 days ago | 3 comments
Hezbollah members wounded after pagers explode in Lebanon (aljazeera.com)
Dozens of members of Hezbollah have been seriously wounded on Tuesday in southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, the National News Agency has reported.
Hezbollah, Lebanon, Explosions, Security, Military
14 points by mhb 123 days ago | 2 comments