IDF: Whoops, tee hee.

  • @[email protected]
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    425 hours ago

    kill individual fighters

    They killed like 1 fighter in exchange for wounding a thousand civilians, including at least one little girl who died. The pager shit is every bit as indiscriminate as the bombing.

    • KillingTimeItself
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      i think they killed like, 12 people, and injured somewhere between 1-2 thousand more, probably some civilians in there, but these are military pagers to my knowledge so it’d be weird for it to hurt a bunch of random people, but it’s possible.

      if you include the radio attack i think it’s like another 40 dead, and like 500 injured? Don’t quote me on it.

      • @[email protected]
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        84 hours ago

        Hezbollah was using commercial grade pagers because they’re a militia. The purpose of pagers are to contact them when their off duty. Many of these pagers blew up in homes, grocery stores, and other public places. Many civilians were killed and most people injured were bystanders.

        • KillingTimeItself
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          23 hours ago

          from what i can recall, and from the stats i’ve seen, these “explosions” seem more like “really bad pocket fires” more than anything to me, i could see it injuring people. Maybe two or three standing immediately nearby other people.

          But considering this attack has only like 12 confirmed dead civilians or something, “many” seems a little excessive. I could see a few hundred getting injured though. Possibly a few cars/homes burning down. That might cause a few more.

          ok so, did a bit of a check here, 12 civilians died. That’s where that number came from. 40 people died total, i think. At least that’s what wikipedia tells me. I don’t think it ever mentions how many civilians were injured directly, but assuming it follows the deaths, it’s somewhere between probably 500 and 1000 i would guess.

        • KillingTimeItself
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          13 hours ago

          yeah that’s what wikipedia is saying. I’m unsure if this includes the radio attacks also though.

    • @lemmycdatass
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      95 hours ago

      1000 civilians had pagers sold to Hezbollah? Odd.

      • @[email protected]
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        136 minutes ago

        Hezbollah isn’t just a military organization. It’s a political party. The majority of those pagers were in civilian hands when they detonated.

      • @[email protected]
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        114 hours ago

        Can you confidently say you know the exact chain of custody of your cell phone?

        Some killer gets a pager he doesn’t need, sells it to someone to make some cash, who gives it to their kid. Annnnd boom.