Hezbollah members wounded in Lebanon when pagers explode: Report
Dozens of members of Hezbollah have been seriously wounded in southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, the National News Agency (NNA) reports.
“Tens of injuries have been taken to hospital after pagers exploded through the use of high technology,” the NNA said.
Hezbollah pager explosions ‘a major security breach’
No doubt, this is a major development in the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah.
The communications device that is being used by the Lebanese armed group has been penetrated, hacked and a number of Hezbollah members have been wounded after these devices, which are known as pagers, exploded.
This is a major security breach. Hezbollah’s communications device has been compromised.
We have seen pictures from across Lebanon of men lying on the floor wounded, bleeding. We have seen reports of hospitals asking for blood.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah a few months ago called on his fighters, especially those who are on the front lines along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel, to stop using smartphones because Israel has the technology to infiltrate and penetrate those devices.
So now they’ve resorted to this different communications system using pagers, and it seems they have been penetrated. We are getting reports that there were near simultaneous explosions in southern Lebanon, in the east of the country and in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Lebanese hospitals urge citizens to donate blood after pager explosions
According to the National News Agency, most hospitals in the south, the Dahieh suburb of Beirut and the Bekaa governorate are receiving people wounded when their pagers exploded. The hospitals are urging citizens to donate blood of any type, the agency said.
Israeli army says it intercepts several drones from Lebanon
Sirens have been activated in northern Israel as several drones crossed the border from Lebanon, the Israeli army says in a statement. Some unmanned vehicles were intercepted, and debris fell in the area of Ramot Naftali, it said.
No injuries were reported, the statement added.
