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Recent explosion of a pager in Lebanon sent shockwaves globally, leaving people wondering if their smartphones could also be used as explosives. Here's what the experts have to say.
On Thursday, Israel claimed to have destroyed over 1,000 Hezbollah rocket launchers in some of its most intense attacks on Lebanon. This came after an unprecedented attack believed to be carried out by Israel when communication devices used by Hezbollah exploded, killing over 30 people.
Lebanese authorities banned walkie-talkies and pagers from being taken on flights from Beirut airport. The move comes after thousands of such devices exploded during a deadly attack on Hezbollah this week, killing several and leaving numerous others injured.
The attacks on Hezbollah communications equipment sowed fear across Lebanon, with people abandoning electronic devices for fear of carrying bombs in their pockets.
After thousands of pagers across Lebanon exploded on Tuesday and killed 12 people, the country was rocked again when walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday. The incident has further stoked tensions between Israel and Hezbollah and raised the risks of an all-out war.
Hundreds of people were wounded in fresh blasts involving communication devices used by Lebanon's Hezbollah group, a security source said. Many of the wounds were to the stomach and hands, the source said.
The walkie-talkies which went off on Wednesday were purchased by Hezbollah five months ago, around the same time that the pagers were bought. Images of the exploded walkie-talkies showed an inside panel labelled "ICOM" and "made in Japan."
Multiple explosions occurred Wednesday at the site of a funeral for three Hezbollah members and a child killed by exploding pagers the day before. Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV reported explosions in multiple areas of Lebanon, which it said were the result of walkie-talkies detonating.
Health Minister Firas Abiad said that two-thirds of the wounded needed hospitalization, adding that the scale of the incident was far greater than the thousands wounded in the massive Beirut Port explosion in 2020.
Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Wednesday it attacked Israeli artillery positions with rockets in the first cross-border attack since the Tuesday pager blasts.
Around 3,000 of the pagers used in Lebanon exploded when Israel reportedly sent a "cryptic message", killing nine people and wounding thousands. This could be one of the most advanced warfare against Hezbollah, which has sworn punishment against Israel.
The long-forgotten communication device has recently resurfaced in the spotlight following a series of explosions that injured over a thousand people in Lebanon.
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.
Hezbollah is a powerful part of the "Axis of Resistance", an alliance of Iran-backed groups across the Middle East that also includes the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which ignited the Gaza war by attacking Israel on October 7.
Thousand of people were wounded in Beirut’s suburbs and other parts of Lebanon after their handheld pagers exploded Tuesday, Lebanese state media and security officials said.
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