Thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon exploded simultaneously in their hands and pockets on Tuesday without warning.
Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad said more than 2,700 people were injured — 200+ of whom are in critical condition — and at least eight people were killed.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Iranian-backed terrorist group received the pagers in a new shipment in recent days.
While it was not immediately clear what caused them to explode, it is believed that they were infected with malware that intentionally caused them to overheat and detonate, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Numerous videos posted online showed the moment that the pagers exploded in the terrorists’ hands and in their pockets.
BREAKING via Reuters
Hundreds of members of Hezbollah were seriously wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded.
Here is one video of one of the pager explosions. pic.twitter.com/UDepHvkkEe
— Yashar Ali ???? (@yashar) September 17, 2024
Absolute scenes of chaos in Southern Beirut as hundreds of pagers belonging to members of Hezbollah explode.
This is just one location.
Hospital videos show Hezbollah members with various injuries from fingers blown off, hands blown off, and significant eye injuries. pic.twitter.com/U6pKB2Xne4
— Yashar Ali ???? (@yashar) September 17, 2024
Video of the aftermath of one of the Hezbollah pager explosions via one of the IRGC media networks.
Hundreds of these explosions, so far, have been enough to cause chaos and some injury, but no destruction to buildings and SO FAR no deaths. pic.twitter.com/3Om0ByRXpc
— Yashar Ali ???? (@yashar) September 17, 2024
IRGC media channels have published another video of one of the Hezbollah pager explosions.
If you look on the left hand side of the screen, it looks like the Hezbollah member looks down to check his beeper before it explodes. pic.twitter.com/FjVyUo5Y57
— Yashar Ali ???? (@yashar) September 17, 2024
The New York Times reported that pagers also exploded in Syria, where Hezbollah has a presence, according to a news agency affiliated with Iran’s IRGC, a designated terrorist group. The report claimed that seven people were killed in the blasts.
The incident comes as the terrorist group has fired thousands of rockets, missiles, and suicide drones at Israel over the last year following Hamas’ unprecedented terrorist attack, where they killed 1,200 people inside Israel on October 7.
Israel’s intelligence services announced on Tuesday that they had foiled a plan by Hezbollah to assassinate a former senior Israeli security official using a remotely detonated explosive device that was supposed to occur in the next few days.