Comment by dragonwriter

> What we do know is that the 5,000 affected pagers were ordered by Hezbollah and issued to its members.

Even if that is true, the fact remains that "Hezbollah members" and "combatants" are not, even to a first approximation, the same thing; Hezbollah is a political party that has an armed wing and also has a substantial civilian social services (including healthcare) operation.