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The number of Hezbollah members whose pagers exploded and the perpetrators of the attack are unknown in the immediate aftermath of the incidents, which began Tuesday morning local time. Lebanon’s health minister, Firas Abiad, said at least eight people were killed and 2,750 wounded,with security footage from shops in Lebanon allegedly showing the moment the pagers malfunctioned.
An ambulance carries wounded people whose handheld pager exploded in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. The electronic warfare attack is believed to be the latest in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. The two sides have long been adversaries, though the flare-up in tension began in the aftermath of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack. In the days that followed, Hezbollah began firing rockets and missiles from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, which prompted Israel to evacuate more than 50,000 residents from northern Israel who are still not back in their homes due to the threat.
Israel’s and Hezbollah’s attacks against one another have largely been constrained, with both sides cautiously avoiding escalating the situation to an all-out war. Experts believe that a full-fledged war between the two would be very costly for both sides, including through the destruction that would ensue, as well as a significant death toll.
“Amos’s travels are very much a continuation of the diplomacy that he’s been conducting now for many months to try to prevent a second front from opening up in the north there, all part and parcel of this administration and this team’s efforts to prevent an escalation and a widening of this conflict,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said last week.
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