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Pager explosions - Injured rushed to Beirut hospital as devices detonate across Lebanon00:28
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Injured people were rushed to hospitals in Beirut and the southern suburbs on Tuesday, after pagers detonated across Lebanon.

Footage shows patients arriving at Bahman Hospital, transported by Lebanese Civil Defence ambulances.

The Lebanese health ministry reported nine people killed including one child and 2,750 injuries at time of publication.

Hezbollah said that it was investigating the causes of the blasts. It confirmed the explosions of pagers and reported the deaths of two of its members as well as a child. According to media reports, some Hezbollah officials blamed Israel, while that country did not comment on the blasts.

According to the official Lebanese News Agency, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati was closely following developments and advised Health Minister Firas al-Abiad to mobilise all the department's efforts to treat the wounded in hospitals.

The Israeli army has been exchanging cross-border fire with Hezbollah, as well as other Lebanese and Palestinian factions, since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.

Pager explosions - Injured rushed to Beirut hospital as devices detonate across Lebanon

Lebanon, Beirut
September 17, 2024 at 15:17 GMT +00:00 · Published

Injured people were rushed to hospitals in Beirut and the southern suburbs on Tuesday, after pagers detonated across Lebanon.

Footage shows patients arriving at Bahman Hospital, transported by Lebanese Civil Defence ambulances.

The Lebanese health ministry reported nine people killed including one child and 2,750 injuries at time of publication.

Hezbollah said that it was investigating the causes of the blasts. It confirmed the explosions of pagers and reported the deaths of two of its members as well as a child. According to media reports, some Hezbollah officials blamed Israel, while that country did not comment on the blasts.

According to the official Lebanese News Agency, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati was closely following developments and advised Health Minister Firas al-Abiad to mobilise all the department's efforts to treat the wounded in hospitals.

The Israeli army has been exchanging cross-border fire with Hezbollah, as well as other Lebanese and Palestinian factions, since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.

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Injured people were rushed to hospitals in Beirut and the southern suburbs on Tuesday, after pagers detonated across Lebanon.

Footage shows patients arriving at Bahman Hospital, transported by Lebanese Civil Defence ambulances.

The Lebanese health ministry reported nine people killed including one child and 2,750 injuries at time of publication.

Hezbollah said that it was investigating the causes of the blasts. It confirmed the explosions of pagers and reported the deaths of two of its members as well as a child. According to media reports, some Hezbollah officials blamed Israel, while that country did not comment on the blasts.

According to the official Lebanese News Agency, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati was closely following developments and advised Health Minister Firas al-Abiad to mobilise all the department's efforts to treat the wounded in hospitals.

The Israeli army has been exchanging cross-border fire with Hezbollah, as well as other Lebanese and Palestinian factions, since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.

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