— 🇮🇷/🇱🇧 NEW: Dozens of heavily injured Lebanese citizens have been transfered to the Islamic Republic of Iran for treatment in specialized hospitals – Lebanon Health Ministry

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— 🇪🇬/🇱🇧 Egyptian Foreign Minister: 'We strongly condemn and oppose any attack on Lebanon and its people'

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— Please, disregard such reports. Anyone who posts this knowing it is false is clearly looking for views.

First of all, the IRGC does not carry foreign pagers, they carry Iranian-made pagers only.

Second of all, the claim of 19 killed in Syria is ridiculous, considering the fact that only 12 people officially died across all of Lebanon so far.

You're seriously trying to tell me more Iranians died in Syria than Lebanese in Lebanon, which had about 3,000 pager explosions?

Lastly, as the OG poster already mentioned, al-Hadath is a known propaganda outlet and should not be taken seriously.

— 🇮🇷 IRGC Spokesman: No IRGC members were killed or injured in the pager attack, contrary to reports.

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Axios reports that Israel planned to explode the pagers at the eve of a 'surprise attack' on Lebanon, but had to implement the operation early

According to Israeli journalist Barak Ravid, citing U.S. and Israeli officials, Israel decided to blow up the pager devices yesterday because two Hezbollah members had raised suspicion regarding the pagers, and Israel did not want to risk the operation being discovered before being implemented.

A former Israeli official with knowledge of the operation said Israeli intelligence services planned to use the booby-trapped pagers it managed to plant in Hezbollah's ranks as a surprise opening blow in an all-out war to try to cripple Hezbollah's internal communications.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his top ministers and the heads of the Israel Defense Forces and the intelligence agencies decided to use the system now rather than take the risk of it being detected by Hezbollah, a U.S. official said.

Minutes before the attack, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called his American counterpart, Lloyd Austin, to inform him of an upcoming operation, without providing details.

https://www.axios.com/2024/09/18/hezbollah-pager-explosions-israel-suspicions

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Reminder: In the year 2000, a Memorandum by the British Foreign Office confirmed that Israel had been dropping explosive-laden toys in Lebanese villages

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: A new wave of remote explosions all across Lebanon

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: The cause has been identified as walkie talkies and radios

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Fires are raging in Beirut as a result of the new wave of explosions

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There is no doubt in my mind, Israel is going to invade Lebanon.

It makes zero sense to use this operation if not as a prelude to imminent attack.

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 As stated, short range radio seems to be the main cause this time

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Some of the explosions occured during the ongoing funeral from yesterday's victims in Dahye

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The explosive charge of the walkie talkies is larger, so the explosions are larger.

However, these radios are less prevalent than pagers within the ranks.

— ❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Axios confirms Israel remotely blew up thousands of personal radios (walkie talkies) as the 'second stage' of yesterday's intelligence operation

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Cars are on fire

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Lebanese citizens share the moment of an explosion at the ongoing funeral in Beirut

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