What are the patrols, and why does Hezbollah use them?

Following the apparently co-ordinated attack in Lebanon, where payers belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist militia broke out, the organisation accused Israel of infiltrated its communication system. Pagers are small communication devices and were forerunners of mobile phones. If anyone wants to talk to someone, he sends the other person a bell or short message to the path. Pagers were widely used, especially in the 1980 ' s. But the development of mobile phones made them largely unnecessary.

Why does Hezbollah use the punks?

The reason hezbollah militia uses banners on a large scale is simple: Unlike mobile phones or intelligent phones, the location of the panger cannot be determined. Because a common license is just a signal receiver, which is not recorded in the grid. While on the other hand, activating all the patrols at the same time in an area of a certain area is not a problem.

Since the start of the war in Gaza, Hezbollah's leadership has urged its members not to use mobile phones, but equipment to make communication safer. Three employees working in security organs told Reuters news agency that the miners belonged to the latest models and that Hezbollah had introduced them in recent months.

US not involved in blast incident

The U.S. announced that it is collecting information on the blasts of the pangers in Lebanon. Foreign Ministry spokesman Matthew Miller said at a press conference that the United States was not involved in the incident and that he did not know who was responsible. He added that the United States is always concerned about any incidents that raise tensions in the Middle East and urged Iran not to exploit the incident to create instability.

Washington also called again for a diplomatic solution to tensions between Israel and Lebanon. / DW