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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by aenopix on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @10:02AM (#41579860)
Israel is the terrorist here
Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by trallnag on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @10:22AM (#41580083)
Please keep the conversation somewhat technology related. Seething about Israel making a dunk on Hisbollah is more suited for Reddit or similar.
Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by greentxt on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @10:51AM (#41580423)
Good reminder about avoiding low quality posting but also we aren't supposed to compare hn posts to reddit. I've done that too, and been reminded not to.
Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by FridayoLeary on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @10:25AM (#41580115)
Its called war. Traditionally militaries have always despised spies but the results speak for themselves. No standard operation could ever have been so discriminatory or so effectively minimised the risk of collateral damage. Nor could they have disabled so many enemy soldiers so cheaply and most importantly of all, without putting a single troop at risk.

So nasty but effective. I think Israel should at least get some credit for minimising the risk of innocent bystanders getting injured. They could have made a bigger bomb.

Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by skyyler on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @10:31AM (#41580179)
Didn't a child die in these explosions?
Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by FridayoLeary on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:32AM (#41581051)
That doesn't invalidate any of my points. A 10:1 ratio of militant to civilian deaths would be impossible to acheive using any conventional method. Unless you are arguing the acceptable number of civilian deaths in war is zero i'm not sure of the point you are trying to make.