Hezbollah’s Pagers and Walkie-Talkies Explode. Now What?
A Lebanese army soldier gestures at the scene of a reported pager device explosion in Sidon in southern Lebanon on September 18. (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)
Dexter Filkins, who covered wars in the Middle East for decades, weighs in on Hezbollah, Iran, and what America should do about the brewing conflicts in the region.
Yesterday, hundreds of pagers in Lebanon and Syria began exploding at the same time. Lebanon’s health minister said Tuesday that at least nine people have been killed and 2,800 were injured. The tiny country’s hospitals were overwhelmed with patients suffering from burn wounds, blown-up hands, and groin injuries. The pagers belonged to members of the Ir…
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