Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Hundreds of Hezbollah fighters said hit by exploding pagers in apparent coordinated attack







 Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday




There are hundreds of injuries among Hezbollah fighters after portable pagers used by Hezbollah operatives exploded in the Beirut neighborhood of Dahiyeh, the Reuters news agency reports, citing an unnamed security source.

The communication devices detonated allegedly after being hacked by Israel.

There is no comment from Israel on the incident.

Injuries are also reported in several other regions of Lebanon.

Clips show moment Hezbollah communication devices exploded in Beirut

Videos circulating on social media purport to show the moment that pagers used by Hezbollah operatives exploded in Lebanon.

According to Lebanese media, dozens were injured after Israel allegedly hacked the devices and detonated them.

The Reuters news agency calls it the “biggest security breach yet.”

Dozens of Hezbollah members said seriously injured in Beirut as devices explode in alleged Israeli op

Several Hezbollah members were injured after communication devices used by the terror group exploded in the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, according to several media reports.

Lebanese media outlets and Sky News Arabia report that Israel managed to hack the portable pagers and cause them to explode.

There is no comment from Israel on the incident.

Dozens of Hezbollah members are seriously wounded in the incident, security sources tell Reuters, with a journalist for the news agency seeing 10 Hezbollah members bleeding from wounds.

Lebanese media reports IDF strike on vehicle 100 km north of Israel border

Iran deceiving the world on its nuclear plans, Israeli atomic chief tells IAEA

Iran continues to make progress on its military nuclear program, says Moshe Edri, head of Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission.

“Iran continues to advance this program by gaining relevant technology and knowledge, along with fissile material in alarming amounts,” says Edri, speaking to the 68th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

“Iran has been conducting covert nuclear activities in undeclared sites for many years,” he continues. “The Agency has found concrete evidence of these activities, including the use of undeclared nuclear material and equipment.”

Edri charges that Iran “has continuously failed to provide technically credible explanations regarding these activities, and continues to deceive the Agency and the international community.”

He also points at Iran’s development of long-range ballistic missiles and support for terrorist organizations throughout the Middle East. “A nuclear-armed Iran, equipped with delivery systems, is not an option that Israel, or the world, can or should tolerate,” he says.

Netanyahu holding ‘dramatic’ top-level security consultations as Lebanon tensions rise

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been holding a series of high-level security consultations with the heads of the security forces as tensions with Hezbollah in Lebanon rise.

Officials confirm the consultations to The Times of Israel, but give no details.

The Ynet news site calls the meetings “dramatic.”

The meetings come hours after the government updated its official goals for the ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza to include the objective of allowing residents of the north to return safely to their homes after being displaced by attacks by the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.

Three Hezbollah operatives killed in Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon

Three Hezbollah operatives were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon’s Blida a short while ago, the IDF says.

The military says identified a group of Hezbollah operatives at a building known to be used by the terror group in Blida, and a short while later, a fighter jet struck the site.

The IDF releases footage of the strike.


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