‘I’ve forgotten how a normal person sees’: Survivor of Israel’s pager attack talks to RT (VIDEO)

Zeinab Mistrah was left nearly blind and lost parts of three fingers when a booby-trapped device exploded near her in Lebanon A Lebanese woman left with life-changing injuries in Israel’s 2024 pager attack has told RT how she is adapting to her new reality two years after the incident.On September 17, 2024, thousands of pagers used primarily by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon, followed by hundreds of walkie-talkie detonations the next day. The attacks killed dozens and injured thousands. Israel later acknowledged responsibility for the operation.Zeinab Mistrah, who survived one of the explosions, told RT correspondent Steve Sweeney on Friday that she was not carrying a pager but that one detonated nearby. She lost her left eye, was left with only 10% vision in her right eye, and lost the tips of three fingers on her right hand.“I’ve actually forgotten how a normal person sees things,” she said. “I simply view the world this way now.”Before the blast, Mistrah had studied interior design and was preparing to marry. She said her injuries transformed her daily life, making even routine tasks difficult. More than a year later, while three-and-a-half months pregnant, Mistrah wa...