The Pager Condemnations Roll In

Yes, you read that right. Despite Israel conducting the most targeted and most precise take-down of an active enemy's communications and officers' corps in history - they have committed offenses against international law. Consider just one highly relevant source, the UN Human Rights Chief:

“Simultaneous targeting of thousands of individuals, whether civilians or members of armed groups, without knowledge as to who was in possession of the targeted devices, their location and their surroundings at the time of the attack, violates international human rights law and, to the extent applicable, international humanitarian law.”

Let's dissect this a bit, shall we?

• The first offense seems to be 'Simultaneous.' I would bet more than a few donuts that international law has nothing to say about more simultaneous attacks being somehow less legal.
• The second offense is 'without knowledge as to who was in possession...' Really? Does Hezbollah hand these out like candy to civilians in the street? It is unfortunately true that one or two terrorists' children were playing with daddy's pager — but it is generally acceptable to kill a terrorist with a missile that endangers their family. This was far less challenging an equation.
• 'Their location.' Find me an international law that says you have to know where the enemy is. I don't think anybody has conceived of a targeted attack without knowing. This is meaningless.
• 'Their surroundings.' The attacks were so limited in scope that the surroundings were meaningless. We saw that in the videos.

I'm no expert in international law, but the only law being applied here seems to be: "The only Jewish state in the world is the only one not allowed to kill those who are actively engaged in attacking it."

Sorry, Mr. Human Rights, your mask is slipping.

It's okay though. We don't need you to love us. Just don't go so far as to get yourself a pager.