Hundreds of members of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah were seriously wounded on Tuesday in Lebanon’s south and the southern suburbs of Beirut when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, security sources told Reuters.
A Reuters journalist saw 10 Hezbollah members bleeding from wounds in the southern suburb of Beirut known as Dahiyeh.
A senior Lebanese security source told Al-Hadath that Israel infiltrated the communication system of individual devices and detonated them.
A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detonation of the pagers was the “biggest security breach” the group had been subjected to in nearly a year of war with Israel.
According to reports, the phones were called before the explosion for some period of seconds to increase the chance that whoever received the call would pick it up and be maximally wounded.
BREAKING: ISRAEL REMOTELY DETONATE HANDHELD PAGERS OF HEZBOLLAH MEMBERSThe Israeli army allegedly used advanced technology to detonate handheld pagers belonging to Hezbollah members in multiple locations within Beirut. pic.twitter.com/XHnhdJNKwW
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) September 17, 2024
A Reuters journalist saw ambulances rushing through the southern suburbs of the capital, Beirut, amid widespread panic. Residents said explosions were taking place even 30 minutes after the initial blasts.
An Al-Jazeera security source confirmed that communication devices carried by Hezbollah operatives exploded in several areas across Lebanon, not only in Beirut but also in Beqaa and southern Lebanon. Another Lebanese security source claimed that Israel hacked into Hezbollah’s radio communication system and caused the explosions.
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— الحدث اللبناني (@Alhadath_Leb) September 17, 2024
According to Al-Hadath, the IDF remotely detonated the communication devices using advanced technology. However, Israel has not taken responsibility for the explosions.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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