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Exploding Devices Dealt a Major Psychological Blow to Hizbullah

(AP) Abby Sewell - Orna Mizrahi, a senior researcher at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies, said losing the ability to communicate through pagers is a "dramatic blow," but Hizbullah has other communication methods and will rebuild their communication network. The bigger damage to Hizbullah was psychological, she said. "It's the humiliation of having such an operation, it shows how much the organization is exposed to the Israeli intelligence." Amal Saad, a lecturer in politics and international relations at Cardiff University in Wales who researches Hizbullah, said much of the attack's impact was the "demoralization and the fear" it sowed. "Hizbullah's entire society is going to be extremely concerned because everything is liable now to being hacked and rigged," she said. The group will "be rethinking many things now, not just the pagers."
2024-09-22 00:00:00
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