📹 Gebran Bassil and a delegation of MPs and officials from the movement arrived in Burj al-Barajneh to offer their condolences to MP Ali Ammar on the martyrdom of his son today.

🇱🇧l🇮🇱l🇺🇸 US Sec Def Austin spoke by phone to Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant this morning around 11 am, US officials confirm to Al-Monitor.

This is just 4 hours before the attack. 11 am means it was 6 am in Washington!

In a clownish statement, the State Dept claims that the US was neither involved in nor notified in advance about today's pager attack in Lebanon; US officials are gathering information.

🇮🇱l🇱🇧 Sky News in Arabic quoting a source in the Israeli army leadership:

- The Mossad placed explosives into the batteries of the walkie-talkies, detonating them by raising the temperature of the batteries.

- They used PETN, which is stable rather than other materials for this operation

- The introduction of the material was carried out even before the devices came into the hands of Hezbullah.

(Which means the supply chain was penetrated)

- According to the report, the type of explosive that was inserted into the devices is PETN - one of the most powerful explosives known in the world. It is sensitive to heat and friction and this may explain the mechanism of the explosion.

- The Al-Jazeera network adds details: 20 grams of explosives were inserted into each device. Hezbullah put the devices into use 5 months ago.

🇮🇱l🇱🇧 Israeli literally committed an unprecedented act in the history of conflicts, severely injuring 3,000+ and killing many, yet arrogantly is telling the media that whatever Hezbullah does will be considered as aggression and Israel will not accept it and it will lead to war.

You literally just had people drop dead on the streets like an apocalypse from a horror movie.

🥀 So far today in Lebanon:
- Three martyrs in direct airstrikes in south Lebanon
- 11 martyrs including a child in the pager attack
- 4,000 injury in the ranks of Hezbullah members from all ranks.

The 4,000 injuries include hundreds of serious injuries, and hundreds of loss of sight (vision) and amputations.

A literal genocide (massacre)

🇮🇱l🇱🇧 Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant is currently conducting an operational situation assessment together with the Chief of Staff Major General Herzi Halevi and senior members of the defense establishment.

Emphasis: Lebanon

🗣 Hezbullah, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon mourns

🥀 Yousef Madi Allaw, 1986, Al-Hfeir in Beqaa

🥀Hassan Ahmad Mohammad, 1992, Habsheet, Akkar

🥀Najib Abdul Hussein Allaeddine, 1991, Majdal Selem, south Lebanon

🗣 Hezbullah, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon mourns

🥀 Hassan Mohammad Yassin, 1986, Majdal Selem, south Lebanon

🥀Hussian Ahmad Mantash, 1994, Kfarseer, south Lebanon

🥀 Mohamed Zakaria Abbas, 1986, Jeyeh, Mount Lebanon

🗣 Hezbullah, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon mourns

🥀 Abbas Ali Menhem, 1996, Sohmor, Western Beqaa

🥀Hussein Ali Allaeddine, 1989, Majdal Selem, south Lebanon

🥀 Mohammad Mahdi Ali Ammar, 1985, Burj al-Barajneh, Beirut

🥀 Hussen Ayoun Fakih, 1998, Burj Shemali, south Lebanon

🥀 One of the injured who lost his eyes is the son of Sheikh Ali Ma'rouf Hijazi.

The son of MP Fadllah also was injured and hospitalized. Rumors also that the son of Hezbullah's political liaison Safa, was also injured.

Today's attack hit the house of thousands of families, fathers, husbands, sons, and friends. The whole Lebanese Shia Muslim community.

🥀 Abbas Fadl Yassin, 1993, Zkak al-Blat, Beirut.

📷 Al-Monitor was informed that the detonation plan was meant for war, as a crippling factor during a wide-scale invasion of Lebanon that would put Hezbullah in a shock till defeat.

However because a fault was discovered in these pagers, and to not lose the damage element they could do, they went on with the operation now.

This is important, because it would have been catastrophic during war.

They claim two discovered it, but one was killed and the other unclear. This part is rumors, no suspicious death was reported recently.

✍ On the other hand, the lack of a wave of airstrikes and initiation of war, only yet again shows how Israel still didn't decide to launch a war and a ground invasion in Lebanon. There was no better time than this evening.

🥀 Mahdi Abbas Samhat, 1993, Al-Tiri south Lebanon

📷 After a wave of sirens, an interception is reported in Tiberias area.

🇹🇼l🇱🇧l🇮🇱 Taiwan's Gold Apollo pager company issued a statement stating:

- The pagers that exploded in Lebanon carry our trademark, but they were manufactured in Europe

- All AP924 Model Pager models were subcontracted to a company in Europe, about 5,000 in that batch to Lebanon

- The pagers were manufactured in through third party components

They are trying to clear Taiwan, which is mostly plausible, as Europe was always the hub for the Mossad historically when sabotaging supply chains.

📰 An opinion article by the Washington post about the events, sharing to show U.S. current standpoint

The US sense is that Hezbullah is confused, panicked and that it won’t make an immediate miliary response. If there is an attack, US officials believe Israel can contain the damage & if necessary, the US will help Israel.

When Hezbullah considers how to respond, they should consider that Israel may have more surprises for them. And Israel does,” one source familiar with Israeli thinking, told David Ignatius.

U.S. officials were in contact with Iran through a back channel on Tuesday to convey that the United States did not have any role on the attack: Ignatius

And because it appears to have Hezbollah’s number, quite literally, Israel can send messages warning surviving operatives that they will be killed if they try to retaliate, one U.S. source told Ignatius.

⭕️ Statement issued by the Islamic Resistance:

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

"Permission to fight has been given to those who are being fought, because they have been wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to give them victory."

God Almighty is true

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon extends its highest congratulations and warmest condolences to the families of the honorable martyrs who died yesterday, Tuesday, whether on the southern front in Blida and Majdal Silm, or the martyrs who died in the treacherous and widespread aggression through the bombing of communication devices (pagers). It also asks God Almighty to grant the dear wounded a speedy recovery.

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon will continue today, as in all the past days, its blessed operations to support Gaza, its people, and its resistance, and to defend Lebanon, its people, and its sovereignty.

This path is continuous and separate from the difficult reckoning that the criminal enemy must await for its massacre on Tuesday that it committed against our people, our families, and our mujahideen in Lebanon.This is another reckoning that will come, God willing.

What happened yesterday will increase our determination and resolve to continue on the path of jihad and resistance, and we are absolutely certain of God Almighty’s promise to the faithful, patient mujahidin of victory, God willing.

And victory comes only from God, the Almighty, the Wise.
Wednesday 18-9-2024
14 Rabi` al-Awwal 1446 AH

📷 And moments after the statement, a red alert in Metulla