Another wave of explosions was reported Wednesday across Lebanon, including in Beirut, where handheld radios and pagers reportedly detonated. This comes a day after pager bombings killed a dozen people and injured thousands.
According to Lebanese media, the latest explosions occurred at various locations, including the funeral for Hezbollah members killed in the previous day's blasts.
The radio detonations caused extensive damage, burning homes and cars, and left at least 100 people wounded, as reported by Lebanon’s Ministry of Health. The state-run National News Agency confirmed that many of the injured were taken to hospitals following the explosions of both pagers and radios.
These new blasts follow Tuesday’s deadly pager bombings, which claimed 12 lives, including two children, and left around 2,800 people injured.
Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the attacks, with The New York Times reporting that Israel allegedly planted explosives in pagers purchased through a Taiwanese company, Gold Apollo. However, Gold Apollo stated that a Hungarian firm, BAC Consulting KFT, had used its technology for the devices that exploded.
Hezbollah has relied on low-tech devices like pagers and radios during their year-long conflict with Israel, aiming to avoid Israeli surveillance and tracking. While Israel has not officially commented on either attack, U.S. officials were reportedly briefed on the situation. Secretary of State Antony Blinken denied any U.S. involvement in the bombings.
