Lebanon’s state news agency says at least three people have been killed in explosions in the Bekaa area, while security sources tell Reuters that hundreds of people have been wounded in a series of new explosions across Lebanon.
Hand-held radios used by the Hezbollah terror group detonated late this afternoon across the country’s south and in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, a security source and a witness said.
At least one of the blasts took place near a funeral organized by Iran-backed Hezbollah for those killed the previous day when thousands of pagers used by the group exploded across the country.
“A number of walkie-talkies exploded in Beirut’s southern suburbs,” the source says, with Hezbollah-affiliated rescuers confirming devices had exploded inside two cars in the area.
The initial attack has been blamed on Israel, which has not commented.
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