2800 people injured, at least 12 dead and 170 in critical condition in Pager explosions. Hezbollah blames Israel.

[Hiku]

BFR said:

It does sound like explosives, but it also appears the explosives were only planted on Hezbollah owned pagers. 

This is one detail I'd like to know about, because 2800+ people sounds like a lot of civiilians were impacted.

“Even if the attacks seem to have been targeted, they had heavy, indiscriminate collateral damages among civilians, including children among the victims,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement Wednesday

Its described as collateral damage, but I wonder if all pagers truly only went to Hezbollah members.

Pemalite said:

False. They are still extremely prevalent and are still used.

I use them.

Assuming its for your job, but what is the reasoning for using them over an old phone?