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Teir Debba, Lebanon – 1 May 2025
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1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein Dheini, a 12-year-old pager attack survivor:
"My name is Hussein Mohammed Dheini, I’m 12 years old, I’m a student in sixth grade. On the 17th of September, the pager beeped so I went to hand it over to my dad and it exploded. I have a lot of deformities, in my face and my hands."
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Bazourieh, Lebanon – 1 May 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sarah Jaffal, a 21-year-old pager attack survivor:
"Peace be upon you, I’m Sarah Jaffal, I’m 21 years old. I graduated two months before the September 17 pager massacre. I graduated with an Information Technology Management degree from the Lebanese American University. I lost my eyesight completely for one month, then I regained sight in one eye but the other is gone, and I also had my fingers amputated, and suffered partial amputations in the fingers of my right hand."
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Barish, Lebanon – 28 April 2025
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Abbas, 12-year-old pager attack survivor:
"My name is Ali Abbas, I’m 12 years old, and I’m a seventh-grade student. On September 17, at 3:20 p.m. the pager fell on the floor, I picked it up, pressed on a button it said to press on, the pager exploded, and I don’t remember anything afterwards."
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Borj Rahhal, Lebanon – 28 April 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mustafa Choeib, 35-year-old pager attack survivor:
“My name is Mustafa Mortada Choeib and I’m 35 years-old. I have a Masters in Computer Science, a Masters in Human Resources Management, external research in Seminary Sciences, and I’m an instructor in the Islamic Seminary. I was injured on the September 17 pager massacre, due to which I lost my eyesight completely in both eyes, got facial deformities, and lost four fingers on my right hand."
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Burj al-Barajneh, Lebanon – 12 May 2025
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahdi Sheri, 23-year-old pager attack survivor:
"My name is Mahdi Anis Sheri, I’m 23 years old. On September 17 at 3:13 p.m. I was injured in the pager massacre. While I was home the pager beeped, it sounded weird, so I picked it up and after I pressed on the ‘ok’ button it exploded in my face. I lost both eyes and three fingers."
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Beirut, Lebanon – 25 April 2025
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zeinab Mestrah, 26-year-old pager attack survivor:
"My name is Zeinab Mestrah and I’m 26 years old. I’m an Interior Design student and had my own business. On September 17, 2024 I got injured in the pager massacre. I was at work when I heard the pager beep as I was passing by. I saw an "error" message and a picture of a skull. When I came close, it exploded. I have not been able to see ever since."
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STORYLINE:
On Sept. 17, 2024, thousands of pagers distributed to the Hezbollah group exploded across Lebanon, remotely detonated by Israel.
The operation was aimed at disrupting the Iran-backed group’s communication networks and harming and disorienting its members as Hezbollah fired almost daily across the border at Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
The pager attack was stunning in its scope. It wounded more than 3,000 people and killed 12, including two children.
Hezbollah has declined to say how many were civilians but acknowledged that most were among its personnel, which includes fighters as well as politicians, religious leaders and providers of health and other services.
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