Just one day after pagers used by hundreds of members of millitant group Hezbollah exploded, more electronic devices detonated in Lebanon.
A communication device on the ground as Lebanese army forces prepare to destroy it in a controlled explosion. September 19, 2024. (Photo: CFP) Thousands of handheld radios and pagers used by Hezbollah were detonated across Lebanon this week, killing dozens and wounding thousands. The attacks, ac...
Ambulances at scene of pagers explosion A statement from the Lebanese PM said it was informed of ‘security incidents occurring in a number of regions’. ShareThis is a modal window. Video UnavailableA statement from the Lebanese PM said it was informed of ‘security incidents occurring in a ...
That raises the possibility Israel was aware of a shipment of pagers heading to Hezbollah and managed to modify the pagers before delivery, he said. Another possibility is an electronic pulse "that was sent from afar and burned the devices and caused their explosion,” said...
The batch of pagers used by Hezbollah representatives is believed to have contained a small explosive charge within the device that was triggered by a simple message sent to the pagers, according to a former British Army munitions expert whospoke to the BBC. And terror groups and governments ali...
Emergency responders are seen as smoke rises from a cell phone store after an explosion in Sidon, southern Lebanon, Sept. 18, 2024.Reuters Lebanon's state-run National News Agency also said pagers and devices had also exploded in Hezbollah strongholds in the east and south, with AFP correspond...
Image:Mourners attend the funeral of people who were killed amid the detonation of pagers across Lebanon. Pic: Reuters As we made our way to the site of the explosion, people were running in the opposite direction. We saw a crying mother holding on to her young child who ...
The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was among those who had one of the pagers and was injured in an explosion Tuesday, according to the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations. The diplomat said in a phone call that he was "feeling well a...
Tuesday’swave of explosions in Lebanonwill likely scar the Party, as they are often known, who pride themselves on secrecy, and the technological omerta their members adhere to. Yet it is their very bid to keep their secrets – using low-tech pagers and not more trackable smartphones ...
David Kennedy, a former US National Security Agency intelligence analyst, told CNN the explosions seen in videos shared online appear to be “too large for this to be a remote and direct hack that would overload the pager and cause a lithium battery explosion.” ...