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Exploding Pagers Simultaneously Injure Hundreds of Hezbollah Members. [1]

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Date: 2024-09-17  

Pagers being carried by Hezbollah operatives exploded simultaneously today in Lebanon. Reportedly more than 2,700 are injured and eight dead. Hospitals filled with the injured. No one has claimed responsibility. IIsraeli security reported hours before this attack it had stopped a Hezbollah assassination attempt against a senior Israeli military official. USA is/was warning Israel against escalation.

Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

BEIRUT, Sept 17 (Reuters) - At least three people were killed and more than 1,000 others including Hezbollah fighters, medics and Iran's envoy to Beirut were wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, security sources told Reuters.

A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detonation of the pagers was the "biggest security breach" the group had been subjected to in nearly a year of conflict with Israel.

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