Pager turn: the Israel-Hizbullah conflict escalates
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The explosion of thousands of pagers across Lebanon and Syria was an attack on Hizbullah, a Shia militant group which had been trying to evade Israeli surveillance by using these low-tech devices. What will such an escalated attack mean for the region? Why Americans’ obsession with big cars makes the country’s roads so deadly (9:25). And the thrill of fossil-hunting (16:31).
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