‘More than a thousand’ Hezbollah members injured after pagers suddenly explode

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Hundreds of Hezbollah members across Lebanon have been seriously injured after their pagers suddenly exploded, officials said.

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.

In one video, a man could be seen falling to the floor after a sudden explosion while he was picking fruit in a busy market as people fled the area.

More than 50 ambulances and 300 emergency medical workers rushed to help the victims, the Lebanese Red Cross said.

The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was injured by one of the blasts, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported.

Dozens of ambulances rushed to help those injured in the attack - with wounds to the face, eyes and limbs reported
Dozens of ambulances rushed to help those injured in the attack – with wounds to the face, eyes and limbs reported (REUTERS)

The explosions come after Israel claimed it had killed top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in an airstrike in the Lebanese capital of Beirut in July.

Hezbollah, which controls southern Lebanon, forms part of Iran’s so-called “axis of resistance”, which opposes Western and Israeli influence in the region.

The group opened a second front against Israel a day after the war in the Gaza Strip began, triggered by a Hamas attack inside Israel on 7 October.

Hamas, also backed by Tehran, killed around 1,200 people, with another 250 taken hostage. In response, Israel has bombarded Gaza from the air and ground.

More than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in the offensive, health officials in the strip have said. It has displaced nearly 90 per cent of the territory’s 2.3 million population multiple times.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, which has been exchanging fire with Hezbollah since last October in parallel with the Gaza war.

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