Israel allowed smartphones to flood Gaza – now they’re exploding

Last Friday, MintPress News (MPN) reported that Israel was facilitating what locals have called a ‘flood‘ of smartphones into Gaza, while still blocking the entry of food, medicines, shelters, and building materials. MPN reported that the flood of phones was raising fears the phones would be used to spy on Palestinians:

A recent report has indicated a “bizarre decision” by Israel to permit the entry of a large number of smartphones into Gaza, even as it continues to restrict other essential aid like food and shelter supplies, raising concerns among residents about potential surveillance.

But it seems the Israelis have another plan in mind – one similar to their terrorist attacks on Lebanon in September 2024 – because at least two of the handsets have blown up in the hands of Palestinians attempting to use them, as the Canary’s Ani.Says has noted:

 

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Regional media source The Cradle has also reported the explosions:

After what some called a "bizarre" decision by Israel to allow mobile phones to enter Gaza, residents say at least two cellphones have exploded in people's hands over the past two days, sparking fears of a repeat of Lebanon’s deadly “pager” sabotage operation, which killed at… pic.twitter.com/s2zFnu2n2h

— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) November 24, 2025

Israel is a terrorist state

Unsurprisingly, however, Western ‘mainstream’ media continue to ignore the reports – no doubt (correctly) considering (and incorrectly caring) that it will further expose Israel’s reality as a terrorist state.

The latest victim was a woman in the al-Shati refugee camp, with the phone reportedly a Samsung A17 mid-range handset – of the same class identified by a North African human rights group to be infected with ‘unremovable’ Israeli spyware.

Israel’s terror attacks on Lebanon last year using exploding pagers and walkie-talkies killed and maimed thousands, including children and were rightly condemned by the United Nations and human rights organisations. But, they were ignored or underplayed by most Western governments, including Keir Starmer’s. A senior Israeli intelligence officer later bragged that he and his colleagues had planted “manipulated equipment” devices in every country in the world.

If more devices explode in Gaza – during a supposed ‘ceasefire’ in which Israel has already murdered more than three hundred people through bombing and shelling – Western corporate and state media will either report on the terror campaign or be guilty (yet again) of collaborating in Israel’s crimes.

Featured image via YouTube screenshot/Al Jazeera English