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These pagers were also distributed to medical personell such as ambulances and other civilian staff which uses pagers.
The NYT article contains no mention of ambulances or medical staff. Do you have a source?
However every military organization has medics. They are protected under international law if they don’t participate in fighting and wear a visible identification.
12 killed, including 2 children and 2 medical workers, in pager explosions, says health ministry
Other professions which often use pagers are firefighters and police officers.
For 3000 exploded pagers this is very low collateral.
1/3 of those killed were medical workers and children.
I think it’s too early to have final numbers. These are just the cases first published as propaganda.