WIth InjurIes. Ambulances have been rushIng through the suburbs, the mInIstry has called on staff to report on people to donate blood. Anyone wIth a pager should ImmedIately dIscard It. Unnamed SecurIty OffIcIals say the pagers were hacked by Israel, whIch has not commented. WIth me Is our SecurIty Correspondent Frank Gardner. These are stIll the early detaIls of thIs, It was fIrst reported less than two hours ago, take me through, fIrst of all, what We Know. It ago, take me through, fIrst of all, what We Know. All, what We Know. It Is extraordInary, all, what We Know. It Is extraordInary, thIs, all, what We Know. It Is extraordInary, thIs, almost unprecedented. I cannot thInk of any case where you have got a sImultaneous, almost sImultaneous explosIon of so many personal devIces. These were not MobIle Phones, they were not MobIle Phones, they were pagers, whIch sounds very 20th century. But the reason for that Is that when the Gaza War or conflIct began after october seven massacre In
Let me show you the moment one let me show you the moment one of the pagers exploded in the of the pagers exploded in the supermarket in beirut. He heard supermarket in beirut. He the blast and saw people of the pagers exploded in the Sup Blast Ket in beirut. He of the pagers exploded in the Sup Blast and n beirut. He of the pagers exploded in the Sup Blast and saw lirut. He of the pagers exploded in the Sup Blast and Saw Peoplee the blast and saw people rushing away, the blast on the rushing away, the blast on the left Hand Side in the left Hand Side in the foreground of these pictures in foreground of these pictures a Bag Being carried by a man. Left Hand Side in the Fl Bag Ound of these pictures left Hand Side in the Fl Bag being f these pictures left Hand Side in the Fl Bag being carried pictures left Hand Side in the Fl Bag being carried by ctures left Hand Side in the Fl Bag being carried by a ures left Hand Side in the 0ther a Bag Being carried by a man. Other videos posted onli
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
Good evening. At least nine people are dead and 3,000 people have been injured across lebanon after electronic paging devices used by the armed Group Hezbollah exploded simultaneously this afternoon. Lebanons Health Ministry says 200 people are in a critical condition and hospitals are being inundated with the wounded after the pagers exploded in peoples hands and pockets. A child is among the dead. Hezbollah, which has been designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk, israel and other western countries, have called it the biggest security breach. They have blamed israel, which has been engaged in Cross Border Fighting with the iran backed group since the start of the war in gaza almost a year ago. Israel has not commented. Paul adams has the latest a warning, his report contains distressing images from the start. This was a devastating attack. In supermarkets. On the street, in cars, at home and even in barbershops. Thousands of hezbollah members simultaneously injured by exploding