Devices containing radios or mobile phones used by Hezbollah members to communicate with each other, exploded on Wednesday in many areas of southern Lebanon, causing many deaths and injuries.
This comes a day after nearly 3,000 Hezbollah fighters were injured in explosions caused by pagers, a personal communication device that Hezbollah bought from abroad.
The death toll in Lebanon from the explosions of ICOM wireless communication devices Wednesday has risen to 20, with more than 450 injured, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health.
The latest toll comes after 12 people were killed Tuesday and around 2,800 others injured, 300 of them critically, in a similar attack involving pagers primarily used by the Lebanese group Hezbollah.
The combined death toll from the explosions Tuesday and Wednesday has reached 32, with more than 3,250 injured.
The Lebanese Ministry of Communications also announced that the ICOM devices involved in Wednesday’s explosions were unlicensed and had not been approved by security agencies.
The attacks, which are widely believed to have targeted Hezbollah in Israel, but killed civilians, have raised fears that the conflict between the two sides could turn into an all-out war.
Israel has not officially spoken about this attack and did not claim its responsibility, but Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, speaking to the Israeli army on Wednesday, said that Israel is at the beginning of a new phase of war.
