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

[coolbeans]

Hiku said:

m0ney said:

Is this thread a SNL skit? Islamic terrorists started a war last October, or are you living under a rock? Paging hezbollas is just one of many results of that. Of course innocent people are going to die on both sides, they always do, or did you think wars are fought only in galaxies far far away?

Others have already replied with most of what I was going to say, so I'll ask this instead.

If phones and tablets start exploding in western countries because 'you' "started a proxy war" against Russia by funding Ukraine, and it blows off both of your hands and your mothers eyes, are you going to have that same energy?

You may not have heard of it, but there are laws even in war. And there is such a thing as war crimes.
We have these concepts for good reasons. One of those apply to Israel unlocking a new form of terrorist attacks that others may very well copy.

But "funding Ukraine" is a flimsy analogy there.  A stronger hypothetical would be to imagine a quasi-private mercenary crew with NATO ties indiscriminately firing rockets into Russian civilian populations for weeks on end.  Russia then responds by overheating phones & tablets of what their intelligence says are NATO-tied targets.  Even if some innocents are also harmed as a result, I'm not going to pretend this attack came out of nowhere.  I'd still be livid towards Russia permanently maiming and/or blinding my mom, but I'm also going to curse those mercenaries who knowingly goaded that response as well.

This isn't a broader defense to every military action Israel has done since 10/7, mind you.  Just that example.