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Exploding pagers kill nine and injure thousands in an attack on Hezbollah


Lebanon’s health minister said 2,800 people were injured.

Ambulances rush wounded people to a hospital in the southern Lebanese city of Saida on September 17, 2024. Lebanon’s health minister, Firass Abiad, said at least eight people, including a child, have been killed, and around 2,800 others have been injured, . The explosions occurred as Hezbollah has been engaged in warfare with Israel for months, coinciding with the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, and a day after Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said time was “running out” for a diplomatic solution with the group.

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