Here's what Sky News Australia host Erin Molan said in an interview about the ongoing Hezbollah-Israel hostilities and the recent pager and walkie talkie explosions:
"We are on a knife's edge– not just in the Middle East but the entire world. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has promised revenge on Israel after a week of highly targeted attacks on members of the terrorist organization.
First, pagers all simultaneously exploded then walkie-talkies followed by air strikes on rocket launchers. Israel has not officially claimed responsibility but it's pretty obvious to most.
The international reaction has been predictable from those clearly confused: Clementine Ford posted this after the first round of attacks, "imagine you're just walking around going about your business and thousands of phones exploding pockets. Imagine 4,000 people are injured and some killed. Imagine the media calling this humbling and framing it as a precision military attack."
Well, Clementine, that's exactly what it was. Or does she not understand that these people are terrorists? I googled the definition; the Oxford dictionary says, "A terrorist is a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation especially against civilians in the pursuit of political aims."
So let me give some examples of work Hezbollah has proudly claimed over the years: suicide truck bombings of the US Embassy in US Marine Barracks in Beirut, aeroplane hijackings, bus bombs and the list goes on. And– they were targeting civilians, they weren't collateral damage. They are criminals [who] kill indiscriminately– I don't know how else to say it.
Whoever conducted the attacks on them this week did so in a highly targeted way– in fact it's hard to imagine a more targeted attack and yes of course the death of anyone not part of that terrorist group is a tragedy especially children but if you join a terrorist group that kills innocent people on purpose, then any innocent death around you falls squarely on your shoulders.
Nobody knows what will happen next in the Middle East but I know without any doubt in my mind who I'm rooting for and it's not the terrorists who celebrate death– it's the country fighting desperately for life."
She also quoted Emirati blogger Amjad Taha, who wrote the following after the attacks:
"You dared to harm a wise and brave people on October 7 - you committed genocide, kidnapped their children and desecrated their women. You thought they would fall, but they got up again, and came back after 11 months to fix what only momentarily failed - their intelligence.
Now, they will send you back 1,000 years, to a time without technology, where ringing feels like death and beeping is a nightmare. You will be haunted by your shadow, too afraid to use any technology, cut off from the advanced world.
And they will defeat you - not with bullets or tanks, but through the unbreakable will of brave and intelligent people. Over a simple cup of coffee, with one decisive click, they will seal your fate, and the fate of anyone who dares to harm their children.
It [Israel] is a nation that the world respects. Yesterday's beeper attacks and today's V82 attack are not just military victories; They represent a triumph for the Middle East over radicalism - a victory not only for Israel, but for all who stand against terror."
