Mystery explosions in Lebanon: Pagers turn deadly, Hezbollah accuses Israel

Credit: DNA- Published 1 day ago
Mobile phones are considered too risky, shown by the 1996 incident when Yahya Ayyash, a Hamas bomb-maker, was killed after his phone exploded.

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Published 5 hours ago -  01:03
Lebanon rocked again by exploding devices
Smoke rises from a mobile phone shop in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, after a second wave of device explosions hits the country. The blasts came a day after the simultaneous detonation of pagers used by Hezbollah killed 12 people, including two children, and wounded up to 2,800 others across Lebanon. The unprecedented attack is being blamed on Israel, though Israel has made no comment.

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