To understand, or rather try to understand what is happening in these hours in Lebanon we must start from the attempt to Hezbollah to assassinate Aviv Kochavi, former Chief of Staff of the Israeli army in the heart of Tel Aviv. The attack was foiled by the Shin Bet, the Israeli counter-espionage. If this attack had been successful, open war on the border between Lebanon and Israel would have broken out within a few hours. It remains that despite the enormous pressure from France and especially the United States, the opening of the war fronts between the Jewish State, Lebanon and perhaps Syria, where even troops Yemenite in addition to the Taliban who arrived from Afghanistan, it’s no longer a question of if but when.
The evacuation of Lebanese civilians from villages in southern Lebanon is a clear demonstration of this.
Anyway today we witnessed a spy movie event. Many Hezbollah operatives and officialswho were holding cell phones – in the last few minutes there has been insistent talk of the latest generation pager – in their pockets, were injured by the sudden explosion of their electronic devices.
Several cameras have captured some of these explosions and there are also videos circulating online where you can see the damage caused inside some homes.
Security cameras at several businesses have captured the moment of the explosions of the phones or pagers of Hezbollah operatives throughout Lebanon.
Those who held them attached to their heads suffered very serious injuries, several have died.
In a launch of the Reutersa British news agency, said there were hundreds of injured and dead among Hezbollah operatives across Lebanon over cell phone explosions caused by new Israeli technology. Also the Reuters he raised his finger at Israel despite Jerusalem, it must be repeated, having taken no responsibility for what happened and is happening in Lebanon.
The Arab media, as I am writing, are revealing that it was a a new Israeli weaponwhich is capable of blowing up enemy cell phones, turning them into explosive devices.
Al-Hadath Network reports that in the land of cedars, hospitals are asking for blood donations to treat the wounded in Al Dahiya, a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut. The most affected area of the Lebanese capital.
A source who wishes to remain absolutely anonymous, therefore unverifiable and therefore should be taken with a pinch of salt, told us that the devices that exploded today were Motorola pagers produced in Jordan. These devices had been purchased by Hezbollah for internal communications between officers on Lebanese territory and with the Iranian Pasdaran present in Lebanon and Syria.
Someone may have inserted some virus into them that suddenly caused the batteries to heat up and explode.
Again from Arab sources we learned that Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon was seriously injured by the explosion of his pager. This news should also be taken with a grain of salt.
Israel would have thus reset Hezbollah’s chain of command. Its officers from junior to senior are either dead or wounded, certainly incapable of fighting. According to Al Arabiya, the son of Hezbollah MP Ali Amr was killed: his head blown off while he was talking on his communication device.
The hospitals in lebanon are reporting a large overload, some have stopped accepting patients and are diverting ambulances with the wounded to distant locations. Hospitals in Tyre and Sidon are no longer accepting wounded. Hospitals in Harmel, Baalbak, al-Riyak and West Al-Baqaa (which are far from Beirut, in northeast Lebanon) are asking citizens to come and donate blood.
Second To the Jazeera citing a Lebanese security source, there are hundreds of victims across Lebanon. The Lebanese health ministry said up to 2,800 people were injured in the explosions.
The dead are beginning to emerge among Hezbollah’s top cadres.
This article will be updated if there are any important developments.
