9 dead, 300 injured as Walkie-Talkies explode in Lebanon’s Beirut day after pager blasts

Beirut: In a shocking accident on Wednesday, 9 people were dead caused by explosions in Walkie-Talkies in Lebanon’s Beirut. Local media reports suggest that the blasts befell in Beirut, the Bekaa Valley and Southern Lebanon, killing three people. For the unversed, Three,000 Hezbollah members were reportedly injured by explosion of pagers in Lebanon on Tuesday, as per a report by News18.

Lebanon’s Health Minister confirms series of explosions

Lebanon’s Health Minister confirmed a series of explosions across the u . s . a ., resulting within the deaths of at least eight people and injuring 2,750 others. The blasts were caused by exploding handheld pagers, in keeping with a report by Al Jazeera.

Health Minister Firass Abiad moreover informed that 200 people are in vitally important condition after the communication devices exploded on Tuesday. He also said that the victims are receiving treatment in over 100 and fifty hospitals.

In an announcement earlier on Tuesday, Hezbollah said that “pagers belonging to employees of quite tons of Hezbollah units and institutions exploded,” killing two of its warring parties and a lady. The group moreover said that it became investigating to examine the causes of the explosions. A Hezbollah official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, described the explosion of handheld pagers as the organisation’s “biggest security breach” in nearly a year, in keeping with Al Jazeera.

No official statement from Israel

No official statement has been released by the Israeli defense force regarding the explosions in Lebanon.
Earlier, Arab media had reported that some 1,000 Hezbollah operatives to this point have been injured by exploding pagers and radios.

Reports suggest that Hezbollah figures in Syria were also injured within the it appears simultaneous blasts. Also injured became Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani. Social media is rife with videos that caught the explosions, their aftermath, and chaos in Lebanese hospitals. Unverified Arab media reports have attributed the blasts to an Israeli cyber attack.

Notably, Israel’s Security Cabinet on Monday night updated its official war goals to encompass the secure return of 60,000 evacuated northern residents to their homes. Israeli officials have been calling for Hezbollah to be disarmed and removed from southern Lebanon in keeping with UN Security Council resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War.

(With inputs from agencies)