[mef51]

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[yoavm]

There's an on-going war between Hezbollah and Israel since Hezbollah attacked Israel on October 8th [0]. The pagers were to be used by Hezbollah members. Hezbollah is considered a terrorist organization by many countries, including Arab countries. Being a member of a terrorist organization isn't the best way to stay safe, especially not during a conflict that your organization initiated. I think that the fact that these explosions happened in public places isn't so relevant considering the size of the explosions.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_confl...

[office_drone]

This was a bombing of military personnel by parties at war. That is, by definition, not terrorism. This action has been acceptable for as long as bombs have existed.

[anigbrowl]

If the identities of the parties were reversed it would absolutely be labeled as terrorism.

[ericmcer]

Will be interesting to see the ratio of civilian to military injuries was and if this is better or worse than something like a bunch of drone strikes or rocket strikes.

[irundebian]

Depends on the definition, right?