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2024-09-19 19:12:38 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2B08A70D402DB4BC95EBD685C2E6B9C566065925894341281A5B02803B519F9B
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It is incorrect to claim that all the injured were carrying this devices and were not civilians Many civilians live and work in areas where Hezbollah operates. Such devices are also used by medical personnel https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-who-carried-out-hezbollah-exploding-pagers-attack-and-how https://www.channel4.com/news/lebanon-blames-israel-for-exploding-pagers-attack-that-injured-thousands https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz04m913m49o https://www.fox4news.com/news/exploding-pagers-hezbollah-lebanon https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/17/dozens-of-hezbollah-members-wounded-after-pagers-explode-in-lebanon https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hezbollah-walkie-talkies-lebanon-explode-2024-09-18/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz04m913m49o https://www.icrc.org/en/document/lebanon-timeline https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dozens-of-hezbollah-members-reportedly-injured-by-exploding-pagers/ar-AA1qI6ws https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/18/do-lebanon-explosions-violate-the-laws-of-war
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