A time-lapse video of the city showed large clouds of thick, grey smoke appearing in several different locations with at least one of the blasts taking place near a funeral organised by Hezbollah.
This is the chilling moment the Beirut skyline was darkened by plumes of smoke after thousands of Hezbollah walkie talkies exploded simultaneously.
Plumes of smoke filled the skyline in an incident which has killed nine and injured hundreds of others Read MoreBREAKING NEWS Hezbollah walkie talkies explode killing nine and leaving hundreds injured Sources also revealed to Axios that the booby-trapped devices were intended to be used as a surprise opening blow of an all-out war with Hezbollah before the sabotage operation was fast-tracked due to concerns of it being uncovered.
'The Hezbollah people then gathered up all the walkie-talkies and have been taking the batteries out of them.' But following this afternoon's attacks, the hospital is again on standby to receive a fresh load of casualties. The repetition of the clandestine attacks, which Israel has not taken responsibility for, will raise already spiking tensions in the region to fever pitch, with Lebanon's foreign minister today warning that the blasts are an omen of a widening war.
Hazbollah and Israel have been engaged in cross-border warfare since the Gaza conflict erupted last October, fuelling fears of a wider Middle East conflict that could drag in the United States and Iran. Hezbollah is a powerful part of the 'Axis of Resistance', an alliance of Iran-backed groups across the Middle East that also includes the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which ignited the Gaza war by attacking Israel on Oct. 7. Declaring solidarity with the Palestinians, Hezbollah began firing on Israeli positions in the frontier region on Oct. 8.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said the group has 100,000 fighters. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook says Hezbollah was estimated in 2022 to have 45,000 fighters, split between roughly 20,000 full-time and 25,000 reservists.Hezbollah has inspired and supported other Iranian-backed groups across the region, including Iraqi Shi'ite militias.
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