After pager assault, walkie-Talkie blasts throughout Lebanon, Hezbollah vows retaliation

Hand-held radios utilized by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah detonated on September 18 throughout Lebanon’s south, in Beirut suburbs and, additional stoking tensions with Israel.

Lebanon’s well being ministry stated 14 folks had been killed and 450 injured, whereas the dying toll from September 17 explosions rose to 12, together with two kids.

Hezbollah, which was thrown briefly into disarray by the pager assaults, stated, it had attacked Israeli artillery positions with rockets. The Israeli army stated warning sirens sounded quite a lot of occasions in northern Israel however there have been no reviews of any injury or casualties.

Israel’s spy company Mossad planted explosives inside pagers imported by Hezbollah months earlier than Tuesday’s detonations, a senior Lebanese safety supply informed Reuters.

Assault that passed off on September 17 wounded most of the militant group’s fighters and Iran’s envoy to Beirut. The UN Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk referred to as for an impartial investigation into the occasions surrounding exploding pagers.

Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate towards Israel, with each side engaged in cross-border warfare because the Gaza battle. Hezbollah, Iran’s strongest proxy within the Center East, stated, Israel ought to await a response to the pager “bloodbath”.