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    The stealthy design of the pager bomb and the battery’s carefully constructed cover story, both described here for the first time, shed light on the execution of a years-long operation which has struck unprecedented blows against Israel’s Iran-backed Lebanese foe and pushed the Middle East closer to a regional war.

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    In total, the pager attack, and a second on the following day that activated weaponised walkie-talkies, killed 39 people and wounded more than 3,400.

    How many of those were innocents who happened to be near the targets? I’ve seen it suggested that a lot of the pagers were in public places when they detonated. Which is exactly what I would expect. Israel is a terrorist state.