Explosions near Tyre
I witnessed two explosions. There was a car that exploded just behind us. At the same time, there was an explosion at another place. I’m currently in the middle of the street. There are a lot of ambulances, chaos everywhere.
New wave of explosions across Lebanon
Hezbollah’s al-Manar TV reports that wireless devices have exploded in the hands of those carrying them in several Lebanese areas.
Smoke rises from a mobile shop as Civil Defense members gather in Sidon, Lebanon
At least 3 killed in new wave of explosions: Lebanon state media
According to the National News Agency, three people have been killed when unidentified wireless devices exploded in the town of Sohmor in the Bekaa Valley.
More than 100 wounded in Lebanon’s new wave of explosions
Lebanon’s National News Agency, citing the Health Ministry, says more than 100 people have been wounded in the latest wave of explosions.
People gather outside a hospital in Baalbek in eastern Lebanon
‘There will be a lot of anger directed towards Israel’
What we are hearing is that there have been several explosions in Beirut, that walkie-talkies are the devices that have been targeted.
Eight Hezbollah members were being buried today. Those funerals were due to take place at 5pm local time [14:00 GMT], and that’s when we heard about an explosion in Dahiyeh, in southern Beirut.
The funerals are still taking place, but there will be a lot of anger at Israel, which is blamed by Hezbollah and the Lebanese government for these attacks.
We’re also expecting in 24 hours to hear from Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah.
He’s already said he’s going to be talking about the pager attack. He’ll now have to talk about the walkie-talkie attack, as people here are calling it. He’s also going to have to talk about what he’s going to do next.
Hezbollah is going to be under a lot of pressure to try and react to this very quickly. In its initial statement, it said it was still in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and promised retribution for these attacks.
There is now a political angle to all of this. Hezbollah is a political group and it is part of Lebanese society and the Lebanese are looking at Hezbollah, at what they’re going to do next.
