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pagers, which have almost faded out of the era and people's lives, have caused thousands of casualties in lebanon, and hezbollah in lebanon regards israel as the culprit of the large-scale pager explosion.

according to cctv news on september 18, pager explosions occurred in beirut, the capital of lebanon, and in many places in southeastern and northeastern lebanon on the 17th local time. the latest news shows that lebanese minister of health firas abiad said that the incident has caused more than 4,000 injuries and 11 deaths, of which about 200 are in critical condition.

lebanon's hezbollah issued a statement, saying israel was "fully responsible" for the pager explosion and vowed to take retaliatory action. in addition, the lebanese caretaker government also condemned the incident on the same day. so far, the israeli military has not responded to the incident.

scene of the pager explosion. video screenshot

the explosions were concentrated in hezbollah strongholds, and most of the dead were hezbollah members.

it was reported that the first explosion occurred at 3:45 p.m. local time on tuesday (17th), followed by approximately 2,000 pagers being detonated at multiple locations in lebanon. the entire incident lasted about an hour.