Comment by Hermandw 3 days ago
Amir Tsarfati on Telegram: The updated numbers:
4000 wounded of which 400 in critical conditions
Al Jazeera from a Lebanese security source:
The pagers were brought to Lebanon 5 months ago. They were boobytrapped in advance. Each device contained an explosive weighing no more than 20 grams.
20 grams of C4 or similar plastic explosive would be more than adequate to produce the effects seen. CL-20 wouldn't be a good choice for this deployment: it's not particularly stable for rough handling even with a good phlegmatizing blend, and tends to decompose at the temps one would expect a pager to be exposed to (hot car, etc).
The word on X is it was Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN): https://x.com/MattWGraver/status/1836093195240800522 (not me)
First of all, the discussion is purely hypothetical – noone ever put George W Bush in prison for his Iraq invasion. No matter what you, or the world, thinks of it, it's not going to happen.
Second, what Israel and its enemies are doing is far from the land warfare the laws were written for. Do all Hezbollah soldiers wear uniforms indicating their affiliation and rank? Yeah, I thought so.
Hardly seems like a boobytrap. Furthermore, Boobytraps are only a war crime if they target civilians, inflict unnecessary suffering, or are placed in unsavory locations like the trapping of wounded soldiers or medical supplies.
Bobby traps are triggered by the target; these were remotely triggered. These were highly targeted to group members.
You can not have this united bipartisan political front supporting the Israeli government and then feign innocence or impartiality of the violent, indiscriminate slaughter of innocent civilian life. The only defense anyone could plead is to have fallen victim to the western propaganda machine whitewashing it all, so you just didn't know any better. They call it acceptable collateral damage and you just nod along like the sheep you are.
This is true if you're a sheep and you live in the US or an allied nation and the exact opposite if you live in an unfriendly country.
For example, if you're a sheep in China, China would obviously never commit a war crime.
If you're a sheep in Russia, Russia would obviously never commit a war crime.
If you're a sheep in the US, the US would obviously never commit a war crime.
Etc.
Who exactly is Amir Tsarfati and why is this a trusted source for numbers? I can't find anything reliable about him by search engine.