Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon (Reuters)

 

Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon

• Hezbollah calls it biggest security breach in war with Israel
• At least two Hezbollah fighters killed, the group says
• Iranian ambassador to Lebanon reportedly injured
• Lebanese Red Cross dispatches over 50 ambulances, 300 medics
• Injuries to limbs, face and eyes

BEIRUT, Sept 17 (Reuters) - At least three people were killed and more than 1,000 others including Hezbollah fighters, medics and Iran's envoy to Beirut were wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, security sources told Reuters.

A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detonation of the pagers was the "biggest security breach" the group had been subjected to in nearly a year of conflict with Israel.