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on the afternoon of the 17th local time, while the lebanese caretaker government was holding a ministerial meeting, pager explosions occurred in beirut, the capital of lebanon, and in many places in southeastern and northeastern lebanon. for details about the explosion, please connect with us.totaltaiwan reporter。

israel has not confirmed the attack but has stepped up security

cgtn reporter zhao bing:as of the 18th, neither the israeli government nor the military has made any official response to this matter. but there is no doubt that this should be part of israel's long-term long-range strikes against hezbollah in lebanon.

cgtn reporter zhao bing:according to our observations at the front, israel has not yet seen a high level of tension due to concerns about hezbollah's retaliation, and the israeli military has not adjusted its public security defense guidelines for the public.however, the media revealed that in fact, towns in northern israel have increased their security alerts, and some important infrastructure, including haifa port and ben gurion international airport, are ready to activate emergency plans at any time.several european airlines canceled flights to israel on the 18th, and the israeli army was on high alert.

media disclosed details of the attack, saying mossad had placed explosives in advance

cgtn reporter zhao bing:regarding the method of this attack, qatar's al jazeera tv quoted a source from the lebanese security department as saying:the pager that exploded this time was intercepted by the israeli intelligence and secret service (mossad) five months ago before it was delivered to hezbollah in lebanon. they placed less than 20 grams of high explosives and detonators next to the batteries inside the pager. the israeli army then detonated them at the same time or through a cyber attack, causing the pager batteries to heat up quickly in a short period of time, thus causing the explosion.israeli media also quoted this statement and quoted professionals as saying:if the explosion power of lithium batteries alone is relied upon, it is difficult to cause such huge casualties.israeli media quoted sources as saying that israel had actually planned to launch bomb attacks at the same time as launching large-scale military operations against hezbollah in lebanon, thereby disrupting the opponent's communication and command system, but because it had already attracted the attention and vigilance of hezbollah, it decided to launch the attack in advance.

israel's proactive escalation of the conflict with lebanon may trigger a new round of regional conflict

cgtn reporter zhao bing:before the attack,the israeli government just decided on the 16th to elevate the military operation against hezbollah in lebanon to the strategic level, making it its fourth military goal outside of the israeli-palestinian conflict.local media said: this move indicates that israel's military action against hezbollah in lebanon is imminent.in this case, israel's attack could be a precursor to military action, taking advantage of the chaos or even partial paralysis of hezbollah. however, we have not seen any clear signs that the israeli army is preparing for large-scale operations. and if, as the media said, israel was forced to launch an explosion attack in advance, its military action may not be fully synchronized. but in any case, the israeli media believes thatthe attack was a clear signal and pressure from israel to lebanon, indicating that it will escalate the conflict with lebanon, which will lead to a new round of large-scale violent conflict in the region.

experts: this explosion was more premeditated than previous ones

special commentator song xiaojun:this relatively backward communication method still exists today, mainly becausespecific groups of people use it,andthis method can ensure confidentiality. because once the communication equipment is connected through the internet, a lot of information can be easily leaked. in addition, people holding mobile phones need to constantly exchange information with base stations, so their location is also very easy to track. this explosion is different from previous manual suicide bombings and remote targeted elimination using drones.the explosion was premeditated.a low-end communication tool used by a specific group of people has a relevant program or explosive embedded inside it, and then it is activated at a specific time, so that the specific group of people can be killed.