Hezbollah mourns deaths of 12 fighters
The Lebanese armed group announced the deaths on its Telegram channel in the early hours of Wednesday morning. It did not say if the fighters were killed in the pager explosions or attacks elsewhere.
As we’ve been reporting, Lebanese health officials said nine people were killed in the attacks.
Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the simultaneous explosions that also wounded at least 2,750 across Lebanon. Israel has so far declined to comment on the detonations.
Hezbollah promises to ‘support Gaza and its people’ despite pager attacks
The Lebanese armed group has issued a defiant statement, saying the deadly pager explosions only increase its determination to press on with its operations against Israel.
“The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon extends its highest congratulations and warmest condolences to the families of the honourable martyrs who died yesterday, Tuesday, whether on the southern front in Blida and Majdal Silm, or the martyrs who died in the treacherous and widespread aggression through the bombing of communication devices,” the statement said.
“The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon will continue today, as in all the past days, its blessed operations to support Gaza, its people, and its resistance, and to defend Lebanon, its people, and its sovereignty. This path is continuous and separate from the difficult reckoning that the criminal enemy must await for its massacre on Tuesday that it committed against our people, our families, and our mujahideen in Lebanon. This is another reckoning that will come, God willing.”
It added: “What happened yesterday will increase our determination and resolve to continue on the path of jihad and resistance, and we are absolutely certain of God Almighty’s promise to the faithful, patient mujahideen of victory, God willing.”
Iraqi armed group offers to send fighters, equipment to Hezbollah
Kataib Hezbollah, a prominent Iran-backed armed group in Iraq, has offered support to Lebanon’s Hezbollah in the wake of Tuesday’s pager attacks, according to the Al-Monitor news outlet.
“We … are putting all our capabilities in the hands of our brothers in Lebanon, and we are fully prepared to go with them until the end, sending fighters and equipment and support, whether on the technical or logistical level,” the group said in a statement.
Iraqi military plane carrying medical supplies arrives in Beirut
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported that the plane landed at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport this morning as hospitals across the country struggle to cope with the influx of wounded following yesterday’s pager explosions.
Lebanon’s Minister of Health, Firas al-Abyad, received the supplies, NNA said.
Iranian Red Crescent arrives in Lebanon
A medical relief delegation from Iran’s Red Crescent has arrived in Lebanon to assist with those injured from yesterday’s pager attack, local Iranian media reported. According to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, the relief team includes the president of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, 12 doctors, and 12 nurses and paramedics.
The pager explosions killed at least nine people and wounded 2,750 others, including a young girl. At least 200 of those wounded are in a critical condition.
Jordan has offered to provide any medical assistance needed to to “treat the thousands of Lebanese citizens who were injured in the mass bombing in Lebanon,” Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on X.
The statement said that Jordan’s caretaker Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi had called Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati to offer Jordan’s support for “Lebanon’s security, sovereignty and stability”, after the attack in which hundreds of pagers exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon.
Safadi also stressed the need to stop “dangerous escalation” in the region, by immediately ending “Israeli aggression on Gaza and the escalation in the West Bank”, the statement added.
Egypt affirms ‘steadfast support’ for Lebanon after pager attacks
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has offered assistance to the Lebanese people and affirmed Cairo’s “steadfast support” to Lebanon following Tuesday’s deadly pager attacks.
He made the comments during separate phone calls with Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib, according to Egypt’s Al Ahram newspaper.
The minister conveyed President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s commitment to Lebanon’s security and stability and his rejection of any violation of the country’s sovereignty by any external party, Al Ahram reported.
