Hezbollah exploding pagers latest: Israel braces for retaliation after 9 killed in Lebanon attack

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) is braced for a response after Hezbollah accused Israel of being behind the pager explosions that has killed at least nine people. Around 2,800 people have been left injured after a spree of simultaneous detonations of the handheld devices on Tuesday afternoon. An advisor to Lebanon’s health minister Firass Abiad said that 200 people had...

Israel planted explosives in 5,000 Hezbollah’s pagers, say sources

Israel's Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters. The operation was an unprecedented Hezbollah security breach that saw thousands of pagers detonate across Lebanon, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others, including the group's fighters and Iran's envoy to...

Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands

Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people, including an 8-year-old girl, and wounding several thousand, officials said. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel for what appeared to be a sophisticated remote attack. An American official said Israel briefed the United States on Tuesday...

Hezbollah vows retaliation against Israel for deadly pager explosions across Lebanon

The pagers used to attack members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah were made by a European distributor for manufacturer Gold Apollo, according to the Taiwanese company’s chairperson. Israel hid explosives inside a batch of pagers ordered from Gold Apollo and destined for Hezbollah, according to the New York Times. Multiple images from Lebanon shared on social media appear to...

Israel’s war on Gaza live: Hezbollah blames Israel for Lebanon pager blasts

Hezbollah said it holds Israel “fully responsible” for pager explosions across Lebanon, which killed at least nine people and wounded 2,750 others, including a young girl. At least 200 of the wounded are in critical condition. Israel declined to comment on the detonations. The simultaneous explosions came less than 24 hours after the Israeli cabinet expanded goals for the war...