Pager Attack: The Mossad Operation That Crippled Hezbollah
In our view, this post deserves a place in the “History” section. Yesterday, the world was flooded with comments about how Mossad took down Hezbollah operatives in what became known as the “pager attack.” By Wednesday morning, it became clear that the pagers had been rigged with small amounts of explosives during the assembly stage. The devices were supposedly assembled by some no-name company, allegedly in Hungary, though that’s not entirely certain. However, the devices themselves bore the label of a Taiwanese company that had licensed production to this unnamed firm. The only thing we know for sure is that the word “Mossad” definitely wasn’t in the assembler company’s name.
Not Legs, But Something Else
The devices exploded in hands, but mostly — in trouser pockets, hence the injuries: severed hands and… well, not legs. In short, the scythe cut through Hezbollah fighters in ways they never expected. So, some of those who survive will either be singing soprano or working as concubines. Meanwhile, Israel gained the opportunity to strike a powerful blow against Hezbollah, because the organization clearly lost communication and up to fifteen hundred fighters from lower and middle command ranks. Though there are rumors that the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon also had a pager, which means eternity opened up before him — or as they say, life without end.
Three Thousand Casualties and One Blind Ambassador
By Wednesday afternoon, reports revealed that the exploded pagers seriously maimed around three thousand Iranian vassals. Sources confirmed that Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon suffered injuries, losing one eye completely while the other went blind. But perhaps officials stated this for public consumption, because if the device actually lay in his trousers, then other paired organs suffered — ones that only resemble eyes in shape. Still, it remains unclear how Iran’s ambassador ended up with a pager that Hezbollah had bulk-ordered for itself.
Pager Attack: Wave Two
Besides the wounded, the little pagers sent 12 terrorists to the garden of houris*. It’s confirmed that high-ranking members of the terrorist organization were among the casualties. But today, as they began burying the dead, a second wave of explosions hit. This time, different devices were exploding: ICOM radios, solar panels, laptops, smartphones, and other modern electronics. Moreover, the first explosions were recorded right at the funerals, and then the wave rolled on.
The Long Game: How Israel Herded Hezbollah Into the Trap
Mossad triggered the first wave of explosions through the rigged pagers. But as we know, Hezbollah didn’t switch to pagers on their own — they did so after several high-profile assassinations of terrorist leaders in Tehran and Beirut. Only now does it become clear why news reports about those incidents emphasized that Israeli intelligence calculated victims’ locations through phone geolocation and intercepted phone conversations. This pushed Hezbollah to urgently abandon mobile phones and switch to pagers, which they purchased from that Hungarian company.
In other words, Israeli operatives were playing pool and sinking the ball perfectly, while Hezbollah didn’t even realize that their decision to switch to pagers was exactly what Mossad had been waiting for. And when they thought they were being very clever, they were actually playing by a score written specifically for them.
Nasrallah’s Response
In response to the “pager attack,” the Hezbollah boss named Nasrallah announced his menacing speech, and apparently it took some time to record it. The essence was predictable and, one might say, flat. Everyone understood that sweating, grunting, and shaking his head wrapped in a towel, he would proclaim: “I take revenge and my revenge is terrible,” and possibly hang the red panties of his concubine somewhere in Beirut.
*Garden of houris — Islamic paradise, referenced sarcastically
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