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...
Thousands of people were injured across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday by an Israeli covert operation that remotely detonated pagers, ABC News sources confirmed.
What we know about the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria Javed Ali, former senior director for counterterrorism on the White House National Security Council, says this plan is “opening up Pandora’s box” for terrorist groups.
Dozens of members of the militant group Hezbollah have been seriously wounded after pagers exploded.Tuesday 17 September 2024 17:25, UK Hezbollah Lebanon Ambulances at scene of pagers explosion A statement from the Lebanese PM said it was informed of ‘security incidents occurring in a number of ...
The pagers that exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday are consistent with the AR-924 model of pager with Gold Apollo branding. The Taiwan-based company has distanced itself from the devices, saying they were made under licence in Budapest by a firm called BAC Consulting. ...
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria will investigate a company linked to the sale of pagers to Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah that exploded this week in a coordinated attack, the state security agency said on Thursday. Bulgaria's state security agency, DANS, said in a statement that...
Tuesday’s attack appeared to be a complex Israeli operation targeting Hezbollah. But the widespread use of pagers in Lebanon meant the detonations cost an enormous number of civilian casualties. They exploded in a moment across the landscape of everyday life — including homes, cars, ...
Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people – including an 8-year-old girl -- and wounding several thousand, officials said. They blamed Israel in what appeared to be a s...
Thousands of people were wounded when Hezbollah members' pagers exploded in the Iran-backed group's Beirut and south Lebanon strongholds.
Related live-storyHezbollah vows retaliation against Israel for deadly pager explosions across Lebanon The pagers that exploded were new and had been purchased by Hezbollah in recent months, a Lebanese security source told CNN. A Taiwanese manufacturer said on Wednesday the pagers, w...