UN coordinator for Lebanon says pager blasts are ‘extremely concerning escalation’

The UN special coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert says in a statement that she deplores the attack across Lebanon, warning that it marks “an extremely concerning escalation.”

Pagers used by the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah detonated today throughout Lebanon and in Syria, killing at least 11 and leaving thousands wounded.

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