so much for "On October 7, how it all started"

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-10-06/ty-article/wapo-report-sheds-light-on-israeli-attributed-plan-to-target-hezbollah-pagers

WaPo Report Sheds Light on Israeli-attributed Plan to Target Hezbollah Pagers

The new report published Sunday sheds light on the plan, which was allegedly devised by Mossad nearly a decade ago

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In 2015, according to the Washington Post, Mossad began inserting booby-trapped walkie-talkies into Lebanon. In addition to a hidden explosive, each two-way radio contained a transmission system that gave Israel complete access to Hezbollah communications. For years, the Israelis were satisfied with eavesdropping on their enemy.

In 2023, Mossad upgraded its mission by developing a small pager equipped with a powerful explosive so carefully hidden as to be virtually undetectable. To ensure maximum damage, the blast could also be triggered by a special two-step procedure required for viewing secure messages that had been encrypted. According to an anonymous official, the goal was to injure both hands so that the user "would be incapable of fighting."

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But as we all know international law doesn't apply to Israel.

https://lieber.westpoint.edu/exploding-pagers-law/

4. Is there a legal rule that makes specific provision in relation to a weapon of this kind? Protocol II to the Conventional Weapons Convention (CCW) addresses, inter alia, booby-traps. The treaty defines a booby trap as “any device or material which is designed, constructed or adapted to kill or injure and which functions unexpectedly when a person disturbs or approaches an apparently harmless object or performs an apparently safe act” (CCW Protocol II, art 2(2); CCW Amended Protocol II, art. 2(2)).

On 21 December 2001, the scope of application of the CCW and its then annexed Protocols was extended to apply to non-international armed conflicts (NIACs). However, that extension in scope only takes effect for States that ratify the extension. Israel has not done so. Israel is, however, a party to Amended Protocol II, which also, inter alia, addresses booby-traps and defines them in identical terms to those given above (CCW, Amended Protocol II, art. 2(4)). Significantly, Amended Protocol II applies to NIACs (art. 1(2) & (3)). The lawfulness of the weapon should therefore be considered by reference to Amended Protocol II.