Comment by yoavm

There's an on-going war between Hezbollah and Israel since Hezbollah attacked Israel on October 8th [0]. The pagers were to be used by Hezbollah members. Hezbollah is considered a terrorist organization by many countries, including Arab countries. Being a member of a terrorist organization isn't the best way to stay safe, especially not during a conflict that your organization initiated. I think that the fact that these explosions happened in public places isn't so relevant considering the size of the explosions.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_confl...