Human Rights Watch: Pager Attack is "Unlawfully Indiscriminate"

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33. What about children?

Most healthcare workers in Lebanon are Hezbollah linked because they get funding from the government -which Hezbollah represents. The linked article refers to two children who were also killed in the attacks. Below is an explanation why that might be, since it is not guaranteed who would be holding a pager:

While the pagers were used by Hezbollah members, there was no guarantee who was holding the device at the time it was detonated. Also, many of the casualties were not Hezbollah fighters, but members of the group’s extensive civilian operations mainly serving Lebanon’s Shiite community.

At least two health workers were among those killed Tuesday. Doctors, nurses, paramedics, charity workers, teachers and office administrators work for Hezbollah-linked organizations, and an unknown number had pagers.

https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-exploding-pagers-hezbollah-syria-ce6af3c2e6de0a0dddfae48634278288