By shifting to relatively low-tech communication devices, including pagers and walkie-talkies, Hezbollah apparently sought an advantage against Israel's well-known sophistication in tracking targets through their phones.

Electronic pagers across Lebanon exploded simultaneously on Sept. 17, 2024, killing 12 and wounding more than 2,700. The following day, another wave of explosions in the country came from detonating walkie-talkies.

The two waves of explosions rocked Syria and Lebanon, killing at least 21 people and wounding thousands more, with concerns being raised over another conflict on Israel's northern border

A day after deadly pager explosions across Lebanon, now reports are emerging that in a second wave of explosions across Lebanon hand-held radios used by Lebanon's Hezbollah detonated late on Wednesday afternoon across the country's south and in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, a security source and a witness said to news agency Reuters.

The Lebanese civilian aviation directorate asked airlines operating from Beirut to tell passengers that walkie-talkies and pagers were banned until further notice. Such devices we

Hezbollah turned to low-tech pagers to avoid cellphone tracking by Israeli intelligence. Who else uses pagers, and why?

Walkie-talkies and pagers used by Lebanon's Hezbollah group detonated in homes and businesses across the country.