Dozens of Hezbollah members wounded in Lebanon when pagers exploded, sources and witnesses say


  • World
  • Tuesday, 17 Sep 2024

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Dozens of members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah were seriously wounded on Tuesday in Lebanon's south and the southern suburbs of Beirut when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, security sources told Reuters.

A Reuters journalist saw 10 Hezbollah members bleeding from wounds in the southern suburb of Beirut known as Dahiyeh.

(Reporting by Laila Bassam; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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