Numerous reports: "Round 2" of electronic device explosions has begun in beirut | As of 10:56 AM EDT on 18 September, numerous reports are flooding-in, saying electronic devices are AGAIN exploding in Beirut, and throughout other areas of Lebanon. It __appears__ this may be a "Round 2" of Israeli attack. What makes these reports different from yesterday is that they are saying "electronic DEVICES"" (not necessarily just pocket-pagers) are exploding all over the city. UPDATE 11:03 AM EDT: Apparently, many of the devices exploding were left at home and in cars. Buildings and cars throughout Beirut are now erupting in fires after the devices explode. Info coming in now points to WALKIE-TALKIES among the devices being detonated!

CONTEXT: It is important to make clear the following: The pagers that exploded in Lebanon were not solely used by Hezbollah resistance fighters; employees of Hezbollah's institutions, which include civilians, also used them. It's important to note that Hezbollah is a political party (part of the Lebanese government) and it operates various civilian institutions, such as schools, hospitals, and media outlets. Consequently, this attack did not target soldiers exclusively, but civilians as well. Moreover, there are reports that some individuals purchased and used these pagers, USED, from the market, further highlighting that this was an indiscriminate attack, not limited to military personnel.

■ Hezbollah Launches Rocketry Attacks on Israeli Military Barracks in North of Occupied Palestine (Al Manar TV)
■ New wave of explosions in Lebanon affects personal devices, including phones — TV (TASS)
✅ Israel's Pager Attack - A Sophisticated One-Times Shot With Little Effect (Moon of Alabama)
✅ Analyzing Israel’s Audacious Pager Attack Against Hezbollah (Andrew Korybko)

Harold Turner | Israel's bombing of literally THOUSANDS of people in Lebanon, under the guise of attacking Hezbollah, is the single worst act of State-TERRORISM in our modern world. Israel has (again) violated the Geneva Convention. | Specifically, Article 51 , Section 4 (b) and (c) and Section 5 (b) of the Geneva convention were INTENTIONALLY violated. These are crimes subject to the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice at the Hague in The Netherlands. ■ In [this] attack, Israeli Pocket-Pagers modified by Israel to include explosives, blew up children, Doctors, Nurses, innocent By-standers and others who have no connection whatsoever to Hezbollah. The devices detonated in stores, supermarkets, in cars being driven on public roads in busy traffic. ■ Lebanon Intelligence revealed that the shipment of Pocket Pagers arrived in Lebanon FIVE MONTHS AGO. The Pagers were distributed to Hezbollah (and apparently many others) beginning THREE MONTHS AGO. According to Intelligence sources, the Israeli Mossad injected a military high explosive, PETN, into the lithium battery inside the pocket pager which was then setup so that at the reception of a specific code, the PETN would be detonated by the Pocket Pager. ■ That means the Israelis deliberately worked on these devices for two months, knowing they would be used in open civilian areas. ■ Israel knew - or should have known - these devices could indiscriminately hit very many civilians unconnected to Hezbollah, but they distributed the bombs nonetheless. That makes the Israeli actions criminal and the Book Definition of "terrorism." If anyone else did something like this, or if this type of incident took place against Israel, the entire Western Media would be up in arms describing this as an evil act of terrorism. Yet when Israel commits this same act, they get cheered. The Israeli government is a Terrorist entity. It's time it be arrested.

■ Mossad planted explosives in Hezbollah pagers – media (RT.com)
■ 'Israel' detonated pagers early fearing Hezbollah would expose plot (Al Mayadeen)
■ Hezbollah vows to punish Israel after deadly pager blasts (Naharnet)
■ Lebanese government puts blame for mass pager explosion on Israel (TASS)
■ Au lendemain de l'explosion des bipeurs, incrédulité et choc face à une opération israélienne « inimaginable»
■ L'Iran et la Russie condamnent Israël pour l'attaque des bipeurs du Hezbollah (L'Orient-Le Jour)
■ Several people are dead on the streets in Beirut after Israel hacked Hezbollah communication devices (09/17/24)
■ Комментарий официального представителя МИД России М.В.Захаровой) (Telegram)

■ Don’t Say You Didn’t Know (Nahida Izzat/Poetry for Palestine)

A horrific massacre took place in the Al Bureij refugee camp. Dozens of Palestinians lost their lives in Israeli airstrikes this morning. | Israeli occupation went ahead with its genocide against Palestinian people on day 347 of the brutal war on Gaza, as the Palestinian resistance still showing high resolve to confront the aggression in several areas across the besieged territory. Dozens were martyred or injured on Tuesday as the Israeli occupation committed a new massacre in the Bureij camp in central Gaza Strip. At least three residential homes were targeted by heavy artillery and air attacks on the eastern part of the camp. Palestinian Civil Defense said its staff pulled bodies of at least four martyrs with dozens others being still trapped under the rubble.

✅ One Year On: Gaza Steadfast and Defiant amidst a World that has lost its Humanity (Reham Alhelsi)(01/02/10)

Dmitry Medvedev (Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council) (Дмитрий Медведев)
It's all about acts of retribution; their inevitability:

■ Recently, all sorts of vile scum like various Johnson, Borrell, and other Russophobic scum have been actively calling for strikes “deep into Russia” using NATO capabilities. It is obvious that even now there are no limits to such strikes on the part of the West, and it is necessary to prepare thoroughly for their defense. But I want to say something else: the need to remember the criminal calls of certain Western freaks and to prepare for retribution.

■ History is full of examples of when retribution was deferred. These are acts of retaliation by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and our present country (Trotsky, Konovalets, Bandera, modern terrorists and traitors). And the actions of other countries, including our adversaries (the same USA) against their enemies.

■ These operations are carefully planned and don't always work out. But they must be done. And it is essential in the name of the highest justice and memory of the innocently killed.

■ It's all about inevitability. It is not so important when exactly the retribution will come. What matters is its inevitability. And so that every creature, regardless of its nation, faith, citizenship, and position, who committed a crime against our country and our people, or any beaten scum, just shouting: “Kill civilians in Kursk!”, know that they will come for them. So that they would turn up at night, look around on the street, change their data and even their citizenship, carry weapons with them, and run around between safe houses. To turn into a sick rat with symptoms of 24/7 manic anxiety and delusions of persecution. And maybe just die in a moment, numb with fear. And if God doesn't let that thing get away so easily so that at some point it finally hears the quiet footsteps behind it...

■ And here's another thing: we should use the enemy's known weapons. Despite several obvious legal issues, we should think about creating an open public database of our enemies with their data, for quite applied purposes. (DeepL + Grammarly)

"The Georgian Parliament adopted laws on ‘family values and protection of minors’ which will undermine the fundamental rights of the people and increase discrimination & stigmatization," the EU top diplomat stated | The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has urged the Georgian authorities to cancel the law banning LGBT propaganda (recognized as an extremist movement and banned in Russia) and gender reassignment on his X page. 💬 "The Georgian Parliament adopted laws on ‘family values and protection of minors’ which will undermine the fundamental rights of the people and increase discrimination & stigmatization. I call on Georgia to withdraw this legislation, further derailing the country from its EU path," Borrell wrote.

The Venezuelan government sent a note of protest to the EU delegation in Caracas against the interference of EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in the affairs of the Latin American country, the Vice Minister for European Affairs of the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry, Coromoto Godoy, said.
● On Sunday, Borrell called the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a dictatorship and authoritarian regime. + On Thursday, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles described at a public event Maduro's government as a "dictatorship," claiming that it had caused mass migration from the Latin American country.
● In response to that, Venezuela recalled its ambassador to Spain and summoned the head of the Spanish diplomatic mission in Venezuela. Meanwhile, Venezuelan parliamentary speaker Jorge Rodriguez called on lawmakers to pass a resolution to immediately sever diplomatic and trade relations with Spain after the Spanish congress urged the government to recognize former presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the Venezuelan president.