<h1>Indiscriminate attacks: explosive pagers causing civilian casualties raise potential violations of international humanitarian law and accountability questions.</h1> Allegations that remotely detonated pagers sold into a non state armed group's supply chain amounted to an indiscriminate attack under International Humanitarian Law, because simultaneous explosions in populated areas injured and killed both fighters and civilians. Rights groups and UN reports emphasized that the ubiquity and timing of the detonations made distinction impracticable, while state actors maintain the devices were targeted at group members; these competing factual claims implicate issues of attribution, precautions, and potential state responsibility amid extensive humanitarian consequences and long term medical needs.