AhlulBayt News Agency: Lebanon’s health minister says nine were martyred and some 2,800 were wounded, including 200 seriously, in the pager blasts in Lebanon.
Hezbollah has said that two members are among the dead. A young girl, the daughter of a Hezbollah member, was also reported killed after a pager exploded in her parents’ home.
Health Minister Firas Abiad says hospitals continue to receive the wounded and that most injuries are in the hand and face.
Meanwhile, a large Red Cross convoy is on its way to southern Lebanon, according to Al Arabiya. Footage shows dozens of white-and-red jeeps and ambulances lined up by the side of a road near a church.
Officials said the blasts appeared to be a remote cyber attack by the Israeli regime at a time of rising tensions across the Lebanese border.
Footage shared on social media showed the wounded were attended by passers-by. Groups of people also gathered at the entrance of buildings to check on people they knew who may have been injured.
In a statement, Hezbollah said at least three people, including a girl, were killed in the pager explosions and many others sustained injuries in the blasts.
Hezbollah said that relevant authorities are currently conducting security and scientific investigations to determine the causes of these simultaneous explosions.
The group emphasized that its resistance forces remain at the highest level of readiness to defend Lebanon and its people.
People said blasts were taking place half an hour after the initial explosions and ambulances could be heard non-stop.
Over 50 ambulances from the Red Cross were sent to the scene to help transport casualties to hospitals.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health has asked for all medical workers to remain on alert and respond to the incident if needed.
Lebanon’s Minister of Health, Firas Abiad, said the number of injured was in the “hundreds” and there were some fatalities from the explosions.
Medical clinic in Lebanon overwhelmed with people injured in pager detonations pic.twitter.com/0oazIVFeB2
— Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) September 17, 2024
Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was also one of the injured in the explosions.
The Iranian Embassy in Beirut later announced that Ambassador Amani sustained minor injuries, but he was in good condition.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has been exchanging fire with Hezbollah since early October, shortly after the occupying regime launched its war on Gaza after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
The Israeli regime, which has been defeated in the military battle with Hezbollah, in order to cover up its failures, engages in harmful actions against the civilians, just as it continues to kill the people of Gaza after it was defeated by Hamas.
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Hezbollah has said that two members are among the dead. A young girl, the daughter of a Hezbollah member, was also reported killed after a pager exploded in her parents’ home.
Health Minister Firas Abiad says hospitals continue to receive the wounded and that most injuries are in the hand and face.
Meanwhile, a large Red Cross convoy is on its way to southern Lebanon, according to Al Arabiya. Footage shows dozens of white-and-red jeeps and ambulances lined up by the side of a road near a church.
Officials said the blasts appeared to be a remote cyber attack by the Israeli regime at a time of rising tensions across the Lebanese border.
Footage shared on social media showed the wounded were attended by passers-by. Groups of people also gathered at the entrance of buildings to check on people they knew who may have been injured.
In a statement, Hezbollah said at least three people, including a girl, were killed in the pager explosions and many others sustained injuries in the blasts.
Hezbollah said that relevant authorities are currently conducting security and scientific investigations to determine the causes of these simultaneous explosions.
The group emphasized that its resistance forces remain at the highest level of readiness to defend Lebanon and its people.
People said blasts were taking place half an hour after the initial explosions and ambulances could be heard non-stop.
Over 50 ambulances from the Red Cross were sent to the scene to help transport casualties to hospitals.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health has asked for all medical workers to remain on alert and respond to the incident if needed.
Lebanon’s Minister of Health, Firas Abiad, said the number of injured was in the “hundreds” and there were some fatalities from the explosions.
Medical clinic in Lebanon overwhelmed with people injured in pager detonations pic.twitter.com/0oazIVFeB2
— Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) September 17, 2024
Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was also one of the injured in the explosions.
The Iranian Embassy in Beirut later announced that Ambassador Amani sustained minor injuries, but he was in good condition.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has been exchanging fire with Hezbollah since early October, shortly after the occupying regime launched its war on Gaza after the Palestinian Hamas resistance group carried out Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.
The Israeli regime, which has been defeated in the military battle with Hezbollah, in order to cover up its failures, engages in harmful actions against the civilians, just as it continues to kill the people of Gaza after it was defeated by Hamas.
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