A second day of explosions in lebanon this time involving walkie talkies used by hezbollah. Lebanon s health ministry says at least 20 people were killed in tuesday s walkie talkie explosions. More than 400 others were wounded. Hezbollah, coming to bury its dead in south beirut today. Casualties of a new chapter in middle east warfare, killed not by air strikes, but by exploding pagers. Apparently, a message from mossad. Among the dead, an 11 year old boy. But even the mourners weren t safe. Explosion. Suddenly, the sound of another blast. Chaos and panic filling the street and a rush to evacuate one of the wounded. The authorities say, this time, walkie talkies exploded, not just in beirut. Here, at a cell phone shop in the southern city of sidon. Israel is being blamed for the past 2a hours of unprecedented attacks. Sirens. Well, one more ambulance there passing by. We ve been seeing them in the last half an hour or so. Also fire brigade trucks. People have been looking at the sky,
A second day of explosions in lebanon, this time involving walkie talkies used by hezbollah. Lebanon s health ministry says at least 20 people were killed in tuesday s walkie talkie explosions. More than 400 others were wounded. Our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from beirut. His polo coming to bury its deadin his polo coming to bury its dead in south beirut today. Casualties of a new chapter in middle east warfare. Killed not by airstrikes but by exploding pages. Apparently a message from mossad. Among the dead, an 11 year boy. But even the mourners were not safe. Suddenly, the sound of another blast. Chaos and panic filling the street and a rush to evacuate the wounded. The authorities say this time, walkie talkies exploded, not just in beirut. Here it a ceuphone just in beirut. Here it a cellphone shop in the southern city of sidon. Israel is being blamed for the past 24 hour is of unprecedented attack. Well, one more ambulance there passing by, we have bee
Celtic overpowered slovan bratislava at celtic park to get their campaign up and runing in style. Making their debut in the competition, a tough lesson for slovan who lost 5 1 in glasgow it s the first time celtic have won their opening champions league game and, as it stands, only bayern munich are ahead of them in the new format table. The competition stops now, we ve played bayern munich in the final. But no, it was a great night for everyone. I thought you just sensed it before the game, the feeling in the crowd. But i m so proud of the crowd. But i m so proud of the team, the intensity with which we played for the ball was so good. And yeah, it was a great night. We know our next three games are really tough games but they re really exciting games for us. But i thought tonight, we had to make a really good start in the competition, and i think we made a fantastic start with three points on the board, so it s a back to back win at this level from the end of last season or the
SImultaneously exploded across lebanon In what appeared to be a sophIstIcated remote attack. Hezbollah, whIch has Been desIgnated a TerrorIst OrganIsatIon by the uk, Israel and other western countrIes, has called It the bIggest securIty breach. At least nIne people dIed and nearly 3000 were Injured. Blasts were reported In supermarkets, homes and on the streets of the country, whIch shares borders wIth Israel and syrIa. Lebanons Health MInIstry says 200 people are In a crItIcal condItIon and that hospItals are beIng Inundated wIth the wounded. 0ur Correspondent Graham satchell reports. It was an audacIous, unprecedented attack. All across lebanon, thousands of pagers explodIng at the same tIme. Many were on the street. Some, lIke here, In peoples homes. Some In supermarkets. Emergency servIces struggled to cope wIth the scale of the attack. Thousands of hezbollah members sufferIng InjurIes In the same Instant. Israel hasnt commented, but few have any doubts about Its role. So how was I