Nine people have been killed and thousands have been seriously injured after pagers exploded in Lebanon, the country’s health minister has said.
Firas Abiad said 200 of the 2,750 wounded were in a critical condition.
In a statement, Hezbollah said three people had died in the explosions, including two fighters and one girl.
Lebanese Information Minister Ziad Makary laid the blame directly on “Israeli aggression”, while Hezbollah said Israel would receive “its fair punishment” for the blasts.
The Israeli military, which has been engaged in cross-border fighting with Hezbollah since the start of the Gaza war, has refused to respond to questions about the detonations.
A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters news agency the detonation of the pagers was the “biggest security breach” the group has faced in nearly a year of war with Israel.
According to AP, a Hezbollah official said that at least 150 people, including members of the group, were wounded in different parts of Lebanon when the devices exploded.
Other reports have cited varying figures of how many are injured.
Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was also said to have been injured by the explosion of a pager according to Iran’s Mehr news agency.
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