Lebanon: Exploding pagers injure hundreds

By CNN’s Charbel Mallo, Tamara Qiblawi, Lauren Kent

(CNN) — Hundreds of members of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah were injured Tuesday in an attack targeting the pagers of Hezbollah members, a Lebanese security source told CNN.

Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has urged citizens who possess pagers to discard them and warned hospitals to be on “high alert.”

Explosions reportedly occurred in a southern suburb of Beirut known as Dahiyeh, according to Reuters news.

NNA reported that “hacked” pager devices exploded in the towns of Ali Al-Nahri and Riyaq in Lebanon’s central Beqaa Valley, resulting in a significant number of injuries.

The Israeli military, which has engaged in tit-for-tat strikes with Hezbollah since the start of the war in Gaza last October, said it would not be commenting on the incident.

Health workers across Lebanon were asked to report urgently to work given the “large number of injured people being transferred to hospitals” following the pager explosions, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said. Officials also called for people to donate blood in anticipation of increased need.

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