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Death toll from Lebanon pager blast rises to 12, including two children

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He The Lebanese government raised the death toll Wednesday to 12, including two children and two health workers, after thousands of pagers exploded. used by Hezbollah membersan event attributed to Israel, at the height of tensions and clashes with the group that have lasted for more than eleven months.

Lebanon’s interim Health Minister Firas Abiad noted that The number of injured ranges from 2,750 to 2,800 people, including 300 in serious condition. Thus, he specified that 1,850 of them were injured in the capital Beirut, another 750 were residents of settlements in the south and 150 in the Bekaa Valley (east).

Abiad stressed that the response of medical teams played a vital role in ensuring the response from hospitals, noting that Some patients were evacuated to Syria and Iran for treatmentThis was reported by Lebanese television. LBKI.

Although the explosions were initially attributed to a computer attack, US officials confirmed to the newspaper New York Times that Israeli intelligence had managed to hide explosives in a new batch of about 3,000 “seekers” imported to Lebanon.

An explosive weighing between 30 and 60 grams was placed in these devices along with the battery of each pager. and a system that could be remotely activated to detonate upon arrival in Lebanon, after which Hezbollah would distribute them to its members in Lebanon, Syria and even Iran.

All these devices that were included received message at 15:30 (local time), which led to the detonation of explosives after a sound signal lasting several seconds.While many of the victims are believed to be Hezbollah members, a girl is among the dead, and it is not known how many are actually members of the group or what positions they hold.

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Source: Aristegui Noticias

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