Lebanon
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VIDEO: Explosion during funeral of Hezbollah member killed in pager blast
World | Sep 18, 2024, 09:42 PM ISTHundreds 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.
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Walkie-talkies belong to Japanese-based firm, purchased at the same time pagers bought: Reports
World | Sep 18, 2024, 09:58 PM ISTThe 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."
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Lebanon: 14 killed, over 450 injured after multiple walkie-talkies explode following pager blasts
World | Sep 19, 2024, 12:01 AM ISTMultiple 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.
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Lebanon: Death count from most advanced pager attack climbs to 12, more than 200 still critical
World | Sep 18, 2024, 07:28 PM ISTHealth 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.
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Hezbollah attacks Israeli military posts in first cross-border attack after pager blasts
World | Sep 18, 2024, 11:34 PM ISTLebanon's Hezbollah said on Wednesday it attacked Israeli artillery positions with rockets in the first cross-border attack since the Tuesday pager blasts.
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Lebanon Blasts: US believes Israel-Hezbollah conflict requires a diplomatic solution
News | Sep 18, 2024, 06:37 PM ISTThe United States had no involvement in Tuesday's (September 17) pager blasts in Lebanon that killed at least eight people and wounded nearly 3,000, the Pentagon said, as Washington renewed calls for a diplomatic solution to tensions between Israel and Lebanon.
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Lebanon Pager Blasts What is a pager why Hezbollah members use it Was Israel behind the blasts
Originals | Sep 18, 2024, 03:46 PM ISTLebanon Pager Blasts: Thousands of pagers exploded across Lebanon on 17 September, killing nine people and injuring nearly 3,000 members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, including fighters and medics, and Iran's envoy to Beirut. But what is a pager and how Israel managed to plant
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Israel planted explosives in 5,000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Hezbollah: Reports
World | Sep 18, 2024, 09:51 AM ISTAround 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.
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What is a pager, and why are Hezbollah militants still using such outdated device?
World | Sep 18, 2024, 12:01 AM ISTThe long-forgotten communication device has recently resurfaced in the spotlight following a series of explosions that injured over a thousand people in Lebanon.
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Lebanon: Hezbollah blames Israel for series of pager blasts, says will get 'fair punishment'
World | Sep 17, 2024, 11:36 PM ISTA 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.
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What is Hezbollah, the Lebanese group hit by most advanced pagers explosion?
World | Sep 17, 2024, 09:19 PM ISTHezbollah 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.
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WATCH: CCTV captures moment when Hezbollah member carrying pager exploded in Beirut supermarket
World | Sep 17, 2024, 08:41 PM ISTThousand 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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Lebanon: 9 killed, over 2800 injured after thousands of pagers exploded following 'cryptic' message
World | Sep 18, 2024, 12:05 AM ISTThe explosions took place amid heightened violence between Israel and Hezbollah, who have been engaged in cross-border warfare since the Gaza war erupted last October in the worst such escalation in years.
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Hezbollah launches 50 rockets at Israeli-occupied Golan Heights as Gaza ceasefire remains elusive
World | Aug 21, 2024, 03:47 PM ISTCross-border attacks between Israel and Hezbollah have increased recently, as the Lebanese militant group launched over 200 projectiles towards Israel on Tuesday. Israel said it is winding down its operations in Gaza to focus on Lebanon.
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10 killed, including children, in Israeli strike targeting Hezbollah arms depot in south Lebanon
World | Aug 17, 2024, 03:49 PM ISTIsrael's military said the airstrike targeted a weapons depot used by Hezbollah militants amid heightened tensions following the death of a senior militant commander last month. Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire since October 8, a day after Hamas attacked the Jewish country.
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Israeli warplanes break sound barrier in Beirut after Hezbollah launches drone attacks
World | Aug 06, 2024, 09:57 PM ISTLast week, Israel killed Shukr, Hezbollah's senior-most military commander, in a strike on the group's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut. Hezbollah's leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, vowed revenge, but said the response would be "studied."
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Hezbollah launches drone attacks on Israel, says retaliation for commander's killing 'yet to come'
World | Aug 06, 2024, 07:49 PM ISTLast week, Israel killed Shukr, Hezbollah's senior-most military commander, in a strike on the group's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut.
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 18, Palestinian stabbing in Tel Aviv kills 2 as fears of war rise
World | Aug 04, 2024, 05:21 PM ISTHamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took around 250 people hostage in their surprise attack into southern Israel last October.
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Indian Embassy in Israel issues advisory, asks nationals to 'stay vigilant' amid escalating tensions
World | Aug 02, 2024, 09:00 PM ISTTensions are on a rise in Israel due to escalating conflicts with Lebanon and Iran. The Indian Embassy in Israel has issued an advisory for the Indian nationals living in the country.
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India 'strongly advises' its nationals to leave Lebanon as situation turns deadly after attack
World | Aug 01, 2024, 05:36 PM ISTThe conflict in the Middle East has entered a new phase in the wake of Israel's suspected assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and an Israeli strike in Beirut against the top military commander of Iran-backed Hezbollah.