They blew up the pagers without knowing where they would be, who they would be next to, or who would be holding them. That’s how the children died. It was really cool how cyberpunk it was, but it wasn’t precisely targeted at all. It’s like blowing up a city bus because you’re pretty sure a Hezbollah member is in it but don’t care about collateral damage at all.
Just a little light crippling, don’t worry about the other 2700 other people that suddenly need the hospital, oh wait, some bombs went off there as well!
A City bus doesn’t actually fit the analogy. Israel didn’t randomly distribute explosive pagers to anyone. They went to a terrorist organization.
They blew up the pagers without knowing where they would be, who they would be next to, or who would be holding them. That’s how the children died. It was really cool how cyberpunk it was, but it wasn’t precisely targeted at all. It’s like blowing up a city bus because you’re pretty sure a Hezbollah member is in it but don’t care about collateral damage at all.
These weren’t bus size explosions, you could be in an elevator with someone wearing the pager and survive.
Just a little light crippling, don’t worry about the other 2700 other people that suddenly need the hospital, oh wait, some bombs went off there as well!