Exploding pagers in Lebanon wound thousands, kill at least 9

A massive wave of exploding handheld pagers across Lebanon and parts of Syria on Tuesday killed at least nine people and wounded more than 2,700 others, including Hezbollah fighters, medics and Iran’s envoy to Beirut, according to government and Hezbollah officials. Lebanese officials and Hezbollah blamed Israel for what appeared to be a near-simultaneous and remote attack that threatens to further inflame tensions between the two countries and the wider Middle East. The Israeli military declined to comment. Lebanon’s health minister, Firas Abiad, said at least nine people were killed, including an eight-year-old girl, and 2,750 wounded — 200 of them critically. Hezbollah officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to the Associated Press and Reuters said two of its fighters were killed and others were injured. Global's Nathaniel Dove explains. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10759802/hezbollah-members-injured-pager-explosions-lebanon/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #Lebanon #Hezbollah