Who is still using pagers in the era of smartphones and AI technology? The Mirror takes a deep dive into the retro devices after a shock attack saw them explode in the hands of Hezbollah fighters

Pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria Tuesday, killing at least 12 people.

The blasts took place in several suburbs of Beirut, according to Lebanon's National News Agency. The cause of the explosions was not clear.

Two series of coordinated attacks targeting the group’s wireless devices caused thousands of injuries, piercing the group’s rank and file and raising questions about how it will respond.

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Lebanon's Hezbollah was bracing for the risk of Israeli military escalation when its old foe struck a blow it hadn't seen coming, plunging the Iran-backed group into hours of unprecedented disarray, sources familiar with Hezbollah operations say.

If we assume, as virtually all observers do, that Israel was behind Tuesday's astonishing mass pager attack on the ranks of Hezbollah, what does it tell us about what Israel is thinking? In the absence of any official Israeli comment,

Exploding pagers killed at least 11 people in Lebanon on Tuesday, including an 8-year-old girl, and wounded about 2,800 others, health officials said. Hezbollah said it was the target of the attack and eight of its fighters were among the dead.