Walkie-Talkie Explosions Kill At Least Nine In Fresh Lebanon Attack

LEBANON – Hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon’s South and in Beirut suburbs, further stoking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions launched via the group’s pagers.

Lebanon’s health ministry said the initial casualty toll was 9 people.

At least one of the blasts took place near a funeral organised by Iran-backed Hezbollah for those killed the previous day.

The explosions came a day after thousands of pagers carried by Hezbollah members exploded nearly simultaneously, killing at least 12 people including two children, according Lebanon’s Public Health Minister.

The complex attacks come after weeks of rising tension between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, which have exchanged fire across Israel’s northern border since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza.