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Place across lebanon. Heres a crowd gathered in beirut, in the aftermath of explosions. Weve also verified these videos of ambulances apparently taking the wounded to hospital in tibnin, in the south of the country. How many were injured . Reports say more than 2,500 people were hurt, with some killed. So what happened 7 it appears that what were blowing up were these pagers used to receive messages. The militant Group Hezbollah had switched away from using phones to using pages over Fears Israel could track those phones. But that decision appears to have been exploited to target them. We cant verify this Close Up of what appears to be a blown up pager, but the markings appear to match a particular brand. Its not clear how they were detonated simply hacking into them remotely or making them overheat would not be able to make them explode. And so, one possibility is that all the pagers were physically intercepted at some point and had small amounts of explosives planted inside, ready to
A supermarket in beirut. Other videos posted online show people with injuries, some of them severe. These are pictures inside one hospital being overwhelmed by the number of people injured. The lebanese government are appealing to citizens to donate blood and to ditch their pagers if they have one. The incidents happened in the groups strongholds in Southern Lebanon and beirut. Also injured in the attack was irans ambassador to lebanon, mojtaba amani, whos in a stable condition in hospital. Our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams has more. Iwarning, i warning, there are description images from the start. This was a devastating attack. In supermarkets. On the street, in cars, at home and even in barbershops scores, perhaps hundreds, of hezbollah members simultaneously injured by exploding pagers. Incidents reported from all over lebanon, from beirut to the bekaa valley, and even in neighbouring syria. Each explosion was small, but some left terrible injuries, more than 2700 wounded, acc
Hezbollah fighters targeted by exploding pagers. There arent many parts of the world where pagers are still a thing. But a few months ago the his Brother Leader Hassan Nasrallah called on his fighters, those on the front lines, to stop using smartphones because israel he said had the technology to infiltrate the signal. But it seems israel also had access to the company manufacturing the pagers, or some part of the supply line. Each was fitted with a small amount of explosive, that was somehow triggered by a Signal Israel controlled. Unwittingly his brother have done israels bidding. Handing out pagers to loyalists who for weeks would be carrying them on their person. Until today when simultaneously they exploded. Almost 3000 people have been wounded. Including many who were standing near the target. A little girl is said to be among the dead. Leavens to be among the dead. Health minister said the leavens Health Minister said the explosion was a major Escalation in the region. Were See