Lebanon stated 12 individuals have been killed, together with an eight-year-old woman and an 11-year-old boy, after handheld pagers utilized by members of the armed group Hezbollah to speak exploded throughout the nation.
Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon was amongst 2,800 others who have been wounded by the simultaneous blasts in Beirut and several other different areas.
Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, stated the pagers belonged “to workers of varied Hezbollah items and establishments” and confirmed the deaths of eight fighters.
The group blamed Israel for what it known as “this felony aggression” and vowed that it could get “simply retribution”. The Israeli army declined to remark.