Handies used by the Hezbollah Lebanese exploded on Wednesday in strongholds of the Islamist group south of Beirut and in the south and east of the country, a source close to the movement and the National Information Agency (ANI) told AFP. More than 1,000 people are estimated to have died 100 injured and 3 dead for the attack.
The source said that “several walkie-talkies exploded in the southern suburb of Beirut“, where the funerals of members of the Hezbollah who died the day before when communications equipment belonging to members of the pro-Iranian group exploded. AFP correspondents also reported explosions in Sidon (south) and Baalbek (east).
New explosions in Lebanon: Hezbollah handhelds and other devices explode
The explosions caused panic, according to an AFP photographer covering these funerals, including that of the son of a deputy. Hezbollah.
Other explosions were recorded in Sidon in the south and Baalbeckin the east, where 15 people were injured, a hospital source told AFP.
On Tuesday, at least 12 people died and about 2,800 were injured. in simultaneous explosions of beepers in the bastions of Hezbollah south of Beirut and in the east and south of Lebanonaccording to authorities.
Blinken calls for “political will” from Israel and Hamas to reach a truce in Gaza
He US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Cairocalled on Israel on Wednesday and Hamas to show “political will” to reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.
Blinken said the deal was the only way to avoid a regional conflagration, a day after hundreds of pagers used by the pro-Iranian movement Hezbollah explode in Lebanonleaving 12 dead and some 2,800 injured.
“A ceasefire is the best opportunity to address the humanitarian crisis in Loop and the risks to regional stability,” he said. Blinken at a press conference alongside his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty.
He also reiterated that USA was not “involved” or “aware” in advance of the pager explosion.
“We have been very clear, and remain very clear, about the importance of all parties avoiding actions that could lead to a further escalation of the conflict we are trying to resolve in Gaza,” he said.
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