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From Fox News: A senior U.S. official has confirmed to Fox News that Israel is behind the explosions of pagers used by members of Hezbollah in Lebanon as fresh blasts are being reported in Beirut.
Near-simultaneous detonations of pagers used by those belonging to the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group killed at least 12 people, including two children, and wounded nearly 3,000 on Tuesday.
The development comes as multiple blasts were heard in Beruit on Wednesday during a funeral for Hezbollah members and a child that were killed in Tuesday’s explosions, according to The Associated Press.
Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV reported explosions in multiple areas of Lebanon, which it said were the result of walkie-talkies detonating.
The report quotes one American official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as saying that Israel briefed the United States after Tuesday’s attack, in which small amounts of explosives hidden in pagers were detonated.
More from the New York Times:
Officials and analysts ruled out malfunctions and said the pagers appear to have been tampered with before they made it into the hands of Hezbollah members.
Israel hid tiny explosives inside a batch of Taiwanese-branded pagers imported to Lebanon, according to American and other officials briefed on the operation. The explosive material, as little as one to two ounces, was implanted next to the battery in each pager, two of the officials said. A switch was also embedded that could be triggered remotely to detonate the explosives.
The attack affected pagers that were switched on and receiving messages.
The Taiwanese company some of the officials named as the supplier, Gold Apollo, sought to distance itself from the devices, saying on Wednesday that another manufacturer with a Hungarian address had made the model targeted in the attack as part of a licensing deal.
At least nine people were killed and more than 300 injured in the latest round of explosions on Wednesday, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
Breaking News: More explosions were reported in Lebanon, a day after at least 12 people were killed and thousands more injured in an apparently coordinated attack that targeted members of Hezbollah by blowing up their pagers.https://t.co/w1MKxet3rm
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 18, 2024
BREAKING: Israel was behind Lebanon pager attack targeting Hezbollah, senior US official sayshttps://t.co/i7mY6aBh82
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 18, 2024
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