Nine dead, including two sons of Hezbollah MPs
Nine people were killed and nearly 2,800 injured when Hezbollah-affiliated pagers exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday, according to a new health ministry report. The dead included the sons of two Hezbollah lawmakers, Ali Ammar and Hassan Fadlallah, a Hezbollah Source said. A 10-year-old girl was also killed in eastern Lebanon when her father’s pager exploded, according to her family and a Hezbollah Source. The son of a senior Hezbollah security official was also injured, a Hezbollah Source said.
6:40 p.m.
Pagers also explode in Syria: several injured
Fourteen injured in explosion of Hezbollah members’ pagers in Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
6:25 p.m.
“The beepers in question come from a new shipment recently received by Hezbollah”
Hezbollah members use pagers extensively as a messaging system. According to the Wall Street Journal, which spoke to several sources, the pagers in question come from a new shipment recently received by the terrorist group. These more basic pagers allow them to communicate without the knowledge of Israeli intelligence services. Malware is believed to have caused the battery to overheat, and thus explode.
6:20 p.m.
Hezbollah accuses Israel of being behind pager attack
The Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah said on Tuesday that Israel was “fully responsible” of the simultaneous explosion of its members’ pagers in Lebanon, which left eight dead and nearly 2,750 injured. In a statement, the powerful pro-Iranian party assured that Israel would “receive his just punishment” following “this criminal aggression”.
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Pager explosion in Lebanon: nearly 3,000 injured
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The victims were injured “in the face, hand, stomach and eyes”
“Eight people were killed and nearly 2,750 others injured“in the explosion Tuesday of pagers belonging to Hezbollah members in Lebanon, Health Minister Firass Abiad announced at a press conference. The pagers, a radio messaging system, exploded simultaneously in several Lebanese regions where the pro-Iranian group is established. According to the minister, most of the victims were injured “in the face, in the hand, in the stomach and even in the eyes.”
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Ambulances arrive at hospitals, health workers across the country are mobilized
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Eight dead, nearly 2,750 injured, according to the Minister of Health
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Three dead, including son of Hezbollah MP, in pager explosions
According to Hezbollah, three people, two of its members and a little girl, were killed in the pager explosions that injured hundreds of its ranks in Lebanon. Among the dead was the son of a member of parliament from the pro-Iranian party, according to a Source close to the party. Hezbollah said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion.simultaneous“pagers, a radio messaging system used by the Islamist group, without accusing Israel.
5:23 p.m.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it is investigating ‘simultaneous’ pager explosions
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Pagers, a radio paging system used by Hezbollah
Hezbollah has set up a pager system through which its members are called to join their units. It appears that this system has been hacked, according to some sources. The Islamist party had asked its members to stop using mobile phones to avoid Israeli hacking.
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Hundreds injured in beeper explosion in Lebanon
“Hundreds of people were injured in different regions of Lebanon” in the explosion of pagers on Tuesday, Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad said. A Source close to Hezbollah said a “large number” Members of the pro-Iranian group were injured when their pagers, a radio messaging system, exploded in several of the group’s strongholds in Lebanon. However, she assured that there had been no deaths.
5:23 p.m.
Hezbollah reports three dead after members’ pagers explode
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5:19 p.m.
Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Injured
Iran’s ambassador to Beirut, Mojtaba Amani, was injured in a pager explosion, an incident that occurred simultaneously in several strongholds of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah group in Lebanon, causing hundreds of injuries, Iranian state television reported on Tuesday.
The Lebanese armed movement is part of what Iran calls the“axis of resistance” against Israel, the sworn enemy of the Islamic Republic. The ambassador “told us a few minutes ago that he was fine, that he was conscious and that there was no danger for him.”the television added, without specifying whether the pager, a radio paging system, belonged to him.
A 61-year-old career diplomat, Mr. Amani was appointed Iran’s ambassador to Beirut in 2022. “The ambassador’s injury is superficial”the television said.
4:55 p.m.
Little girl killed
A 10-year-old girl was killed Tuesday in eastern Lebanon when her father’s pager, a Hezbollah member, exploded, her family and a Source close to the pro-Iranian group told AFP. This is the first death in a series of simultaneous explosions of pagers, a radio messaging system used by the Islamist group, which have left hundreds injured.
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