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Lebanon’s state media says three individuals killed in Lebanon’s Bekaa area, as extra explosions reported throughout the nation.
Not less than one individual has been killed and lots of have been wounded in Lebanon in a brand new wave of blasts associated to communication gadgets, the Well being Ministry has stated, a day after 1000’s of pagers utilized by Hezbollah detonated across the country.
A number of explosions have been reported throughout Lebanon on Wednesday, with Lebanon’s state-run Nationwide Information Company reporting that pagers and “gadgets” exploded in Hezbollah strongholds within the east and south of Beirut.
The Iran-backed group’s Al Manar TV reported explosions in a number of areas of Lebanon, which it stated have been the results of walkie-talkies detonating.
Hezbollah’s Ali Hashem, reporting from Tyre in southern Lebanon, witnessed two explosions.
“There was a automobile that exploded simply behind us. On the identical time, there was an explosion at one other place [nearby],” he stated. “I’m at present in the course of the road. There are numerous ambulances, chaos all over the place.”
A number of blasts passed off concurrently, Hashem stated, just like what occurred on Tuesday.
“However this time, it was principally walkie-talkies or radios [that exploded],” he stated, including that experiences prompt that photo voltaic gadgets and a few batteries in vehicles additionally exploded. Lebanon’s official information company reported that house photo voltaic power methods exploded in a number of areas of Beirut.
In Beirut, Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan stated a blast was reported in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Lebanon’s capital metropolis.
“We’re listening to numerous ambulance exercise within the space suggesting there could also be properly casualties coming right here or different hospitals close by, presumably because of explosions inside Beirut itself.”
The brand new spherical of explosions passed off a day after pagers utilized by Hezbollah, a Lebanese Iran-backed group, exploded practically concurrently in a number of areas throughout Lebanon, killing at the least 12 individuals, together with two youngsters, and wounding round 2,800.
Hezbollah and the Lebanese authorities blamed Israel for Tuesday’s assaults.