According to multiple reports, at least 1,000 Hezbollah members were injured across Lebanon in coordinated attacks that were likely triggered by pager explosions.
After videos and images of the explosive device and injured Hezbollah members circulated online, Hezbollah issued a series of statements condemning the attack.
The group said the blast killed two fighters and a girl and that it was investigating.
Lebanon's Health Ministry also urged citizens to discard any pagers they own and put hospitals on “high alert.” CNN.
Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was also reportedly injured in the blast, which Hezbollah claimed was part of a coordinated attack, according to Al Jazeera. Hacking and Demolition Use a pager.
but, The Wall Street JournalCiting sources, the report said the pager was part of a new shipment Hezbollah had recently received.
“This is a known tactic and the U.S. government has been shown to do the same.”
The Independent reported that the pager was the latest model introduced by Hezbollah in recent months. Citation Three security sources.
Regardless of the timing, these claims indicate that the pagers could have been intercepted and tampered with before reaching Hezbollah forces.
Technology and cybersecurity expert Josh Centers said it was likely the thieves “intercepted the packages and planted a remote detonator in the pager.”
“Whoever the perpetrators are, this is a known tactic and the US government has been shown to do similar things with its network equipment,” he added.
The center is investigating how the N.S.A. Embedded Devices In the internet router.
Outlet Collision Report Citing documents from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, they claimed the pager that exploded was made by Motorola.
Motorola Solutions is a supplier of communications products to the Israeli military and has several Anti-Israel It is listed on their website as a company to boycott.
“Motorola provides 4G mobile phone networks to the Israeli military and is developing encrypted communications systems for military personnel,” the report said. said.
One video Photos posted to X showed what appeared to be an explosion at a market in Lebanon, likely coming from a man's laptop bag or a device strapped to his waist. The man appears to be the only person injured in the blast.
Another iMagician The video showed the injured moped rider suffering from a wound in his side that appeared to have been caused by another pager exploding.
Security forces said more than 1,000 people were injured and that 50 ambulances and 300 medical personnel were responding to the wounded.
The Hezbollah strongholds of Ali al-Nafri and the town of Riyaq were the most heavily targeted, according to Lebanese state media.
The attack appears to have come after Israel claimed to have killed Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr in a recent airstrike in Beirut.
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