ALBAWABA - Lebanese media outlets have shared videos capturing the explosion of wireless "pager" devices reportedly used by Hezbollah members in several Beirut shops.
After the communication devices explosion in Lebanon, is Israel preparing for a ground invasion?As reports surface of numerous injuries across various parts of Lebanon, Prime Minister Najib Mikati instructed Health Minister Firas Al-Abiad to leave the ongoing cabinet session. The minister was directed to mobilize all health services to support hospitals in treating the injured. Emergency measures have been implemented in response to the rising number of casualties.
After wireless communication device explosions, at least three Hezbollah members were killed and over 1,200 wounded. Security sources reported blasts in southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs.
Al Jazeera's reporter, citing security authorities, stated that Hezbollah operatives' pagers caused the explosives in different Lebanon sites.
Two security sources told Reuters that one decedent was a Hezbollah militant and another was the son of a party-affiliated MP. In eastern Lebanon, a 10-year-old girl was murdered when her Hezbollah father's pager detonated.
The Iranian Embassy in Beirut said Mojtaba Amani, Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, was stable after minor injuries. Iranian news outlet Fars reported the ambassador's short hospitalization.
A source told Al Jazeera that a sophisticated wireless hacking operation detonated the communication equipment. Explosions hit southern Beirut, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Lebanon.
Security sources informed Reuters that Hezbollah just obtained modern communication technology. According to knowledgeable sources, lithium batteries may have overheated and caused the explosions, according to the Wall Street Journal.
