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   Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Sep-2024 20:09:57 JST Matt Blaze

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   Some new details reported in this NYT article (gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/18/world/middleeast/israel-exploding-pagers-hezbollah.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L04.bSZU.vUhf54b0cGP_&smid=url-share)

   This fills in some gaps, assuming it's accurate (caveat here, given anonymous, presumably motivated sources):

   - The pagers were manufactured by a Hungary-based Israeli shell company and used a special battery containing PETN.

   - The explosions were trigged in real time, but no details about the specific triggering mechanism.

   - No details about how the exploding walkie-talkies worked or how they were inserted.