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pager explosion in lebanon kills 9 and injures about 2,800; hezbollah vows revenge

2024-09-18

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according to cctv news client, during the ministerial meeting of the lebanese caretaker government on the afternoon of the 17th local time, the lebanese capital beirut and southeastern and northeastern lebanonpager explosions occurred in many placeslebanese public health minister abyad said the explosionnine people have been killed and about 2,800 injured., of which about 200 were in critical condition.

lebanon's hezbollah issued a statement that israel was "fully responsible" for the pager explosion andvowed to take retaliatory actionin addition, the lebanese caretaker government also condemned the incident on the same day.

pagers may be remotely detonated or controlled

lebanon's hezbollah issued a statement saying that pagers used by some of its members exploded and some hezbollah members died in the explosion.

it is reported that,lebanese hezbollah militants have recently been using pagers more frequently, in order to avoid israel tracking their location through this low-tech communication equipment. the locations where the pager explosions occurred were mainly concentrated in the southern suburbs of beirut, southern lebanon and the bekaa valley, which are believed to be the strongholds of hezbollah in lebanon.