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It gave me a headache / nausea (and most people I knew who tried it), so not sure about "few".

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

Nations have been at war for centuries and later made peace.

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

You don't have a pager given to you by an organization if you aren't working for that organization (as opposed to IDF reservists who don't carry any pagers, other than you know, civilians phones).

We also know for a fact that the top Hezbollah commander had such a pager (since it was reported he was in the hospital for treatment), which is pretty strong evidence they didn't exactly hand them out to random people on the street.

Now, can we know for sure without actually knowing what IDF knew? probably not, but it seems extremely likely based on what we do know that the pagers weren't carried by off duty low level grunts (again, top commander had it, iranian ambassador had one or was in close proximity, 90 or so Iranians had one and were flown back to Iran for treatment), but I guess those were just random iranian tourists that happened to be at the wrong place and the wrong time? right?

And feel free to educate yourself further or the law: https://www.icrc.org/sites/default/files/external/doc/en/ass...

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

You are confused - the Hezbollah fighters are on Hezbollah payroll hence they are "active" and part of the organization. The non-active reservists are not on IDF payroll since they haven't been re-called for duty, so the are considered fully civilian.

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

I think you're mixing a bunch of different issues, israel is doing some very bad stuff (occupation and how it handled/handling Gaza) but that doesn't mean that forces like Iran and Hezbollah and other religious lunatics shouldn't be dealt with (this is true for inside israel as well)

If you look at the situation in Lebanon, you have a religious para military organization pointing thousands of rockets towards israel with the aim of "liberating" the land and turning the entire region into a shia islamic empire - military power is almost certainly part of the equation of how to deal with it (along with diplomatic resolutions with other players)

And I really fail to see how taking out thousands of hezbollah members with virtually minimal civilians casualties is not a good thing - my main concern and criticism is that israel is not pushing aggressively on the diplomatic front as well to take advantage of that outcome.

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

International law dictates that reserves soldiers that are not in active duty are considered civilians - hence targeting them is a war crime.

And yes, there's something called collateral damage, which depends on the situation is considered legal, so yes, if you actually target a military target and happen to also hit civilians that reside in that target it is not a war crime. But it is a war crime if you just generally lob rockets in a direction hoping to hit something.

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

Most countries also aren't under a constant stream of active threats.

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airliner_shootdown_inc...

> one there's people of many nationalities

Yes, obviously PR and how the world will react is a big part of decision making.

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

So because it cant detect a kid then might as well blow up a plane?

Acceptable collateral damage is about proportionality and trying to reduce casualties to a minimum, it doesn't mean zero (and don't get me wrong, every one is tragic)

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

> What's next? Car bombs?

Pretty sure that's been done by almost everyone.

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

A commercial airline is a whole different story. The world would be much less receptive to such an occurrence.

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

Snowden? Prism? Russian/Chinese hacks? Nothing rings a bell?

Here's a fun story: https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163389/joseph-cox-dark-...

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

But it didn't happen, right? So maybe, just maybe, the people who did this super elaborate plan had the mental capacity to consider that option and took precautions to ensure that it won't happen?

fldskfjdslkfjon Israel’s Pager Attacks Have Changed the World

As if israel is the only state actor operating inside companies.

The list of state actors that partake in corporate espionage and more is quite long.