What is a pager and how does it work?

 In Banan, 8 people were martyred and more than 2500 people were injured in the blasts of Hezbollah memb

ers' pager devices.

Lebanon's hospitals are filled with wounded after the pager blasts, 200 wounded are in critical condition.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health has appealed to the public to donate blood for the injured.

Simultaneous explosions in the pagers of Hezbollah members in Lebanon, 8 martyrs, more than 2500 injured, hospital filled

A Hezbollah official, speaking to a foreign news agency on condition of anonymity, said that the explosion of the pager was a major security failure during the current war.

Security sources say that Hezbollah members were using new models of pagers that were introduced in recent months.

Hezbollah has directly blamed Israel for the pager blasts. According to the Lebanese media, the pager explosion happened after the devices were hacked by Israel. According to the eyewitnesses, the pagers first got extremely hot and then exploded. Most of the injured suffered injuries on the face, stomach and arms.

What is a pager?

Keep in mind that in the last century the pager was the most popular messaging device used around the world.

It is a device that transmits messages through electronic waves without wires, through which written and voice messages can be sent.

Invented in the 50s and 60s of the 20th century, this device saw its rise in the 80s.

With the advent of mobile phones in the last decade of the last century, the use of pagers began to decline, and the advent of smartphones in the current century put the final nail in the pager's coffin.

However, it is still used by emergency services and security agencies in most countries because modern pagers are considered more secure than mobile phones.