Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has vowed 'punishment' against Israel over a wave of pager detonations in the country's south and east that killed nine people.
Eleven people were killed and about 4,000 injured after Hezbollah pagers exploded in a series of blasts across Lebanon on Tuesday evening, local time, authorities said.The United States had no involvement in Tuesday's pager blasts in Lebanon, a Pentagon spokesperson told a news briefing.
In two separate clips from the CCTV footage of supermarkets, the blasts appeared to only wound the person wearing the pager or closest to it.Footage shot at hospitals and shared on social media appeared to show individuals with injuries of varying degrees, including to the face, missing fingers, and gaping wounds at the hip where the pager was likely worn.
The Lebanese Red Cross said more than 50 ambulances and 300 emergency medical staff were dispatched to assist in the evacuation of victims.
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