Exploding Hezbollah pagers wound hundreds across Lebanon
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Beirut, Lebanon: Hundreds of people were wounded when Hezbollah members paging devices exploded simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday, in what a s...
Beirut, Lebanon: Hundreds of people were wounded when Hezbollah members' paging devices exploded simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday, in what a source close to the militant movement said was an "Israeli breach" of its communications.
The explosions on Tuesday afternoon hit locations in several Hezbollah strongholds around the country, in the first such incident since the group began trading near-daily fire with Israeli entity.
Iran's ambassador to Beirut was wounded in a pager explosion Tuesday but his injuries were not critical, state media reported.
"Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani was injured in a pager explosion," state television said, adding that he was "conscious and in no danger".
Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli entity had announced a broadening of the aims of the war on Gaza to include its fight against Hezbollah along the northern border with Lebanon.