Lebanon: Hezbollah pager explosions injure thousands, several people dead | DW News

Lebanon's health minister says more than 2,500 people have been injured after pagers used by the Hezbollah militia group exploded simultaneously across the country.

Hezbollah fighters and medics are among the wounded. Several deaths have also been reported. Iranian media say that Iran's ambassador to Lebanon has been injured. Hezbollah says it's investigating the cause of the blasts. Israel has declined to comment.

For more on this, we talk to Security Expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director of the Counter Extremism Project. He joins us from New York.

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[SeeLasSee]

That the Iranian ambassador to a Lebanon had a Hezbollah pager is highly suggestive. Somebody is making a statement.

[SanoyNimbus]

"This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds!"

[borisstanislav]

They all received a text from a mysterious long lost cousin named Moss Add in Israel.

[TheAndrnalin]

Mission impossible and James Bond looks amateur in front of Mossad 😂

[summer]

How did hezbollah manage to colonize Lebanon? Lebanon is a mess.

[borisreljanovic]

Can someone please explain to me how did the Iranian ambassador in Lebanon got injured by a pager explosion?!?

[TruthHurts-rn]

Allah is calling them to move to next life so that the world will be in peace...

[tomservo]

Why did the Iranian ambassador have one of these pagers???

[bavery]

Those Lebanese telecom companies don't mess around when it comes to unpaid bills...

[cadrniadrctkers]

Who else just learned pagers still exist?

[ambrose]

Mossad is the greatest in the whole world. Dont mess with Israel.

[beyondcctv]

I try to phone friends in Lebanon ... but they refuse to use their phones ..

[nobs]

Allah never disappoints in disappointing his people

[Bill-imnt]

Last week in Lebanon "HEY guys, I got a great deal on thousands of stolen pagers!"

[JosephHoggang-bkbk]

Even mosad is surprised. Very bad and sad day for Aljazeera and BBC and even cnn.

[samtheresearcher]

Many were in civilian clothes when it happened. Meanwhile, they were all Hezbollah members! Think about that the next time you use the term "innocent civilians" in this conflict.

[sharingan]

Why Iran ambassador having a terrorist pager?

[crummmycheese]

When you open pager, it said...Allahu Akbar

[julioz]

Any thoughts on why the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon had a Hezbollah pager on him?

[ivanm]

This is next level you wont see this in movies.