Pager and walkie-talkie attacks on Hezbollah look like war crimes – international legal expert

By Giacomo Biggio, Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol Law School, University of Bristol

Tensions in the Middle East have reached a new high after thousands of pagers and radios used by members of Hezbollah exploded across various cities in Lebanon and Syria over September 17 and 18. The attacks – which have widely been attributed to Israel, which has not commented – have resulted in at least 30 people killed and more than 3,000 wounded.

Many analysts and politicians are now speculating that the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah,…

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