Lebanon Walkie-Talkies Explode: A series of explosions took place in Lebanon on Tuesday (September 17). At least nine people were killed and more than 2,800 injured in the blast. Thousands of pagers belonging to some Hezbollah officials were blown up. It happened again today (September 18). Radio and some walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah have exploded in southern Lebanon and the suburbs. At least 9 people were killed and more than 300 injured. The Indian Express had reported the news.
Nine people were killed in the explosion. More than 2,800 people were seriously injured. After this incident, Lebanon has once again been shaken by an explosion. Meanwhile, the injured are being treated in the hospital. According to reports, the place where the last rites of those killed in the Hezbollah pager blast were being performed. There was an explosion there. Thousands of members in Lebanon have been injured by pager explosions
The handheld radio, or walkie-talkie, was bought by Hezbollah about five months ago and the pager at the same time, Reuters quoted sources as saying in a report. Today, a walkie-talkie explosion injured 300 people and killed nine. A video of the explosion has also surfaced on WikiLeaks. Like the pagers, the equipment was purchased five months ago.
Pager-blasts trigger panic
It was reported that about 1,000 pagers belonging to Lebanese citizens exploded on Tuesday. For nearly an hour, videos of explosions in various places - vegetable markets, shops, offices, on occasions in the pockets of motorists or bikers - went viral on social media. Explosions were reported in the capital Beirut and on the Israel-Lebanon border. Hezbollah is dominant in the border region. Earlier in the day, Israel warned that it would teach Hezbollah and other Iran-backed groups a lesson.
How did the explosion happen?
Most of these pagers were smuggled into Lebanon by Hezbollah. The primary assumption is that the lithium battery in the pager exploded. But the riddle remains unsolved as to how such defective pagers can also cause such a large number of flares. Lithium is used in most modern appliances and lithium batteries are considered safe as they do not explode even in high heat. Yet tactical and technical analysts are confused as to whether the manner in which the explosions were systematically detonated could be a form of electronic warfare.
