Some military tactics can have effects that go beyond their initial impact. Hezbollah’s recent explosions on pagers are one example. No Hezbollah fanatic will ever look at a pager again or use a cell phone without seeing a grenade.
The news gets even better. A report in the New York Post claims that Israel’s Mossad intercepted Hezbollah pagers, and then loaded them with PETN – a powerful high explosive.
According to a recent report, the Israeli spy agency Mossad intercepted Hezbollah’s shipment of brand-new pagers and rigged the explosives in them. This led to the shocking attack against the Lebanese terrorist group on Tuesday.
Sky News Arabia reported that sources said Mossad agents placed Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN), an explosive material, in the batteries of pagers. This was a translation of a Times of Israel article.
Sources said the devices were detonated after an external signal caused the batteries to overheat.
That’s an excellent play.
PETN, Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate, is structurally very similar to nitroglycerine. It was created in Germany and patented there in 1894. Germany used it in World Wars 1 & 2. Mossad’s use of German-made high explosives to destroy the day of Hezbollah terrorists is not the biggest irony, but it will suffice until there is a better example.
Imagine the long-term consequences of this. Hezbollah nuts will never feel comfortable again carrying a cell phone or pager. The terror group must at least change their buying habits. It appears that since Mossad intercepted one shipment, and loaded the devices with PETN they were placing bulk orders from a single supplier. The smart money says they will stop using pagers if they continue to use them.
It’s never a good thing to be in a situation where Hezbollah is reacting against Israel.
Hezbollah’s only action is to react.
Nine people were killed and 2,800 injured in the complex operation that resulted from the detonation of pagers in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday morning.
Hezbollah confirmed many of their fighters and medics had been injured in the blasts. One official, who spoke on condition of anonymity called it the “biggest breach of security” since the group started its daily attacks against Israel on October 8.
Israel, this is your standard: It’s the largest security breach since the 8th of October. It will be interesting to watch if Israel can top this in its next operation. Hezbollah already stopped using cellular phones because they were worried that their location could be determined. That’s correct. Pagers won’t work. Next, maybe they’ll use carrier pigeons.
The old maxim is once again proven true: there are no problems that can’t be solved by the appropriate application of high explosives.
