NEW YORK , Sep 17 (AP): In what appears to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria Tuesday, killing at least nine people - including a young girl - and wounding thousands more...
Beirut, Lebanon— A source close to Lebanon's Hezbollah group told the French news agency AFP that walkie-talkies used by group members exploded in its Beirut stronghold Wednesday, with state media reporting similar blasts of pagers and "devices" in east and south Lebanon. Lebanon's Health Mi...
At least 9 dead after pagers explode across Lebanon At least nine people died and over 2,750 others were injured after pager devices owned by members in various Hezbollah units exploded in a simultaneous attack on Tuesday, Lebanese officials said....
The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was among those who had one of the pagers and was injured due to an explosion Tuesday, according to Iranian state TV. Amani said in a phone call after the incident that he was "feeling well and fully conscious," ac...
The incident came amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, which have exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border.
Among those wounded was Iran's ambassador to Lebanon. The mysterious incident came amid rising tensions betweenIsrael and Iran-backed Hezbollah, which have exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the war in Gaza. ...
Sky News' Data and Forensics team has spoken to four experts to answer the question - how does a pager or hand-held radio explode? The pagers that exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday are consistent with the AR-924 model of pager with Gold Apollo branding. ...
Israel was thought to be behind an attack that saw thousands of Hezbollah members’ pagers and walkie-talkies explode. Omar Tamo and Omar El Chmouri / Bloomberg, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024 The comment is a reference to an Israeli attack in which pagers exploded killing members of the Hezbollah mili...
Hospitals in southern Lebanon, the eastern Bekaa Valley and southern suburbs of Beirut have called on people to donate blood.
How did the pagers explode? As Lebanon reels from the attack, speculation has mounted on how low-tech wireless communication devices could have been exploited. Citing American and other officials briefed on the operation,the New York Times reportedTuesday that Israel hid explosives ...