We appear to have entered into a whole new era of bizarre warfare, where consumer electronics can be triggered to explode and kill you or seriously injure/deform you. It’s highly concerning.
The other obvious takeaway, which is much less weird but also worth mentioning, is that this is the sort of thing Israel would do before launching an invasion. The weirdness of “exploding pagers” is going to cause a lot of chaos in the country, and this is exactly when Israel would want to invade.
