Hezbollah has said it “will continue, as in all the past days, its blessed operations to support Gaza”, after a deadly wave of exploding pagers the group blamed on Israel.
“This path is ongoing and separate from the difficult reckoning that the criminal enemy must await for its massacre,” the group said in a statement issued on Telegram.
Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding around 2,800 in blasts the group blamed on Israel.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the wave of explosions, which came just hours after Israel announced it was broadening the aims of the war sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attacks to include its fight against Hezbollah along the country’s border with Lebanon.
The blasts “killed nine people, including a girl”, Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said.
He added that about “2,800 people were injured, about 200 of them critically”.
A son of Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Ammar was also among the dead, a source close to the group told AFP, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
The 10-year-old daughter of a Hezbollah member was killed in east Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley when his pager exploded, the family and a source close to the group said.
Tehran’s ambassador in Beirut was wounded but his injuries were not serious, Iranian state media reported.
