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PAGER DETONATIONS WOUND THOUSANDS, MAJORITY HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS, IN SUSPECTED
CYBERATTACK


LEBANON'S HEALTH MINISTRY SAID THAT OVER 2,750 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WOUNDED, 200
CRITICALLY, AND EIGHT KILLED IN THE EXPLOSIONS.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, YONAH JEREMY BOB
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 16:05
Updated: SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 19:09
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People gather outside a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, September 17, 2024
(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR)

Thousands of members of the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah were seriously
wounded on Tuesday in Lebanon's south and the southern suburbs of Beirut when
the pagers they use to communicate exploded, security sources told Reuters.



Lebanon's Health Minister Firass Abiad said that over 2,750  people have been
wounded, 200 critically, and eight killed in pager detonations across Lebanon.



A Reuters journalist saw 10 Hezbollah members bleeding from wounds in the
southern suburb of Beirut known as Dahiyeh.





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Iranian ambassador Mojtaba Amani was reportedly injured in the explosion,
according to state-owned Mehr News.



In an initial statement, Hezbollah said, "This afternoon, a number of messaging
devices known as “pagers” exploded, which are owned by a number of workers in
various Hezbollah units and institutions." 


One of the pagers that was thrown out before exploding, September 17, 2024.
(credit: SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT)

Hezbollah said that the detonations of pagers used by the group killed two of
its fighters and one girl, without directly accusing Israel of being behind the
operation.



It said that it was carrying out an investigation to determine the causes of the
blasts.


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A senior Lebanese security source told Al-Hadath that Israel infiltrated the
communication system of individual devices and detonated them.



According to reports, the phones were called before the explosion for some
period of seconds to increase the chance that whoever received the call would
pick it up and be maximally wounded.



The pagers detonated were the latest model brought in by Hezbollah in recent
months, three security sources told Reuters. 



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A Hezbollah official cited by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) said that hundreds
of members had such pager devices, and speculated that malware could have caused
the device to heat up and explode. The same official cited by the WSJ reported
that some people felt the pagers heat up, disposing of them before they
exploded. 



Additionally, the same report by WSJ quoted Hezbollah officials stating that the
number of casualties was rising too quickly to count. 




'BIGGEST SECURITY BREACH,' HEZBOLLAH OFFICIAL SAYS

A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detonation of
the pagers was the "biggest security breach" the group had been subjected to in
nearly a year of war with Israel.


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A Reuters journalist saw ambulances rushing through the southern suburbs of the
capital, Beirut, amid widespread panic. Residents said explosions were taking
place even 30 minutes after the initial blasts.



Lebanon's Health Ministry urged health workers to head to hospitals, according
to the Arab media channel NBN. 



An Al-Jazeera security source confirmed that communication devices carried by
Hezbollah operatives exploded in several areas across Lebanon, not only in
Beirut but also in Beqaa and southern Lebanon. Another Lebanese security source
claimed that Israel hacked into Hezbollah's radio communication system and
caused the explosions.











According to Al-Hadath, the IDF remotely detonated the communication devices
using advanced technology. However, Israel has not taken responsibility for the
explosions.



Hossein Mortada, a Hezbollah-affiliated journalist who works for the Syrian news
agency Al-Alam, told individuals and media in Lebanon not to post any videos or
photos of the event, especially of the wounded, in a post to X (Twitter). 



Reuters contributed to this report. This is a developing story. 





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