Over 4000 injured, 11 dead after mysterious explosions in Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut, southern Lebanon – Israel Hayom
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More than 200 suffer severe injuries as communication pagers unexpectedly detonate in Hezbollah operatives’ pockets. Hezbollah says this is “the biggest intelligence breach yet” as pagers were reportedly latest model and were only recently imported. Iran-backed terrorist group says, “We will respond from an unexpected place.”
Multiple explosions took place on Tuesday in the southern Dahieh district of Beirut, with hundreds of Hezbollah terrorists reportedly injured, with other explosions and injuries also taking place in villages in the southern part of the country, where the Shiite group is dominant, as well as the Bekka Valley. According to Saudi media, senior members of the terrorist group were injured. After several hours, Hezbollah said: “The explosion of the devices led to the death of a girl, two brothers, and many wounded. Beware of rumors. We are on high alert to defend Lebanon.” Lebanon’s health minister confirmed at least 11 died and more than 4,000 were injured, among them at least 200 in serious condition. Other reports indicate that 500 lost their vision, according to Saudi media.
One od Hezbollah’s lawmakers in the Lebanese parliament, Ali Amar, had his son killed by a blast as well. “My son was killed in the communication device explosion. This was Israeli aggression – we will respond in a language the enemy understands,” he said. “We say, ‘We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return.’ We have a day with this enemy, and the days will be between us,” he continued. Several sons of other senior Hezbollah members, including of lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah, were injured, some critical.
Hezbollah later blamed Israel for the attack, saying, “After examining the facts, we see the Israeli enemy as fully responsible for the attack on the beepers. We will respond from an unexpected place.”
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