Lebanon's health ministry says 250 people are in critical condition as it urges citizens who possess pagers to discard them
Lebanon's health ministry says 250 people are in critical condition as it urges citizens who possess pagers to discard themLebanon’s health minister, Dr Firass Abiad said the attack took place on Tuesday, and among the injured were 250 people in a critical condition. He said many of the victims had injuries to their faces as well as to their hands and stomachs.
Pager devices exploded in the Dahiyeh suburb of southern Beirut, in Lebanon’s central Beqaa valley and the south of the country, according to reports. All three locations are Hezbollah strongholds. Two sources familiar with Hezbollah’s operations previously told Reuters that mobile phones had been banned by the group in favour of analog means of communication, including pagers and couriers who deliver verbal messages in person.
Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was among those wounded in the incident, Tehran’s Mehr news agency reported.Around 400 Hezbollah fighters were believed to have been taken to hospitals such as Baalbek in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley after explosions hit locations in several of the group’s strongholds
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