Walkie Talkies In Lebanon Are Now Exploding, A Day After Pagers Exploded And Injured 2,800 People And Killed 12
More explosions have been reported across Lebanon, a day after hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members detonated and injured at least 2,800 people and killed 12 others, including two children.
BREAKING: More explosions have been reported across Lebanon, a day after hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members detonated and injured at least 2,800 people and killed 12 others, including two children.
A security source told Reuters that the latest attack on Wednesday Sep. 18 targeted walkie talkies used by Hezbollah that were also purchased five months ago at the same time as the pagers that exploded.
One of the blasts reportedly happened at a funeral for four people who were killed by the explosion the day before, AP and BBC reported.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said three people were killed when unidentified wireless devices exploded in the Bekaa region, Al Jazeera reported.
It also reported that “solar energy systems exploded in homes in several areas” and injured a girl, according to AP.
Hundreds of people have been injured in the latest blasts, Reuters reported, citing a security official.
Several officials, including an American official briefed on the operation, told the New York Times that Israel was behind the attack, hiding explosive materials in a new batch of Taiwanese-made pagers that were imported into Lebanon.
Al Jazeera reported that Hezbollah’s leader had called on his fighters to stop using smartphones and switch to pagers a few months ago to stop Israel from infiltrating the devices.
Officials told the New York Times that Israeli intelligence services had implanted explosive material next to the battery and a switch to remotely detonate the explosives.
The Israeli military has declined to comment on the incident.
Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate and said it held Israel “fully responsible” for the attacks.
The group said on Wednesday it had fired rockets at Israeli artillery positions following the pager attack.
One Hezbollah official told Reuters it was the "biggest security breach" it had experienced since it began clashing with Israel after Israel began its war on Gaza on Oct. 7.
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