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John23832 on Sept 17, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in ...

Killing isn't always the goal.

The effect of this "action" is the same as a bouncing betty. (I assume) The goal is to incapacitate and use resources.

_DeadFred_ on Sept 18, 2024 [–]

I'm guessing it was to stop some tentative action on Hezbollahs and the huge number of Syrians that this attack got as wells parts that was about to occur.

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