According to Reuters, a Hezbollah official said the detonation of the pagers was the "biggest security breach" the group had been subjected to in nearly a year of war with Israel.

Israel's Mossad planted explosives inside 5,000 Taiwan-made pagers ordered by Hezbollah, months ahead of the mass detonations across Lebanon that killed nine people and injured nearly 3,000 on Tuesday.

Hezbollah had instructed its members to avoid mobile phones and use after the Gaza war began to prevent Israeli breaches.

In a grocery store in Lebanon, Hezbollah members were injured when the pagers they used to communicate exploded. Over 1,000 individuals, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were injured across Lebanon.

Pagers, widely used in the 20th century, operated by transmitting and receiving radio signals. Their distinctive features, along with privacy and security, made them a preferred communication mode among Hezbollah militants.

Pagers beeped, then blew up.

The attacks left at least 21 dead and thousands injured, but how the blasts occurred remains unclear.

Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded near simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, including members of the militant group Hezbollah and a girl, and wounding the Iranian ambassador, government and Hezbollah officials said.

Nine people have been killed and 2,800 wounded by the blasts, the Lebanese health ministry says.

Hezbollah has vowed to punish Israel - with Iran's envoy to Beirut among the wounded and a girl killed - in an attack Lebanon's government says is an "Israeli aggression".

Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded near simultaneously in parts of Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people.

It's not clear whether the Iranian official was standing near a Hezbollah operative, or was himself carrying a Hezbollah pager.

A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detonation of the pagers was the 'biggest security breach' the group had been subjected to in nearly a year of war with Israel.

Experts said the pager explosions showed signs of being a long-planned operation

Reports say incident was the result of an 'Israeli breach' of its communications

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- At least nine people were killed and some 2,800 others were injured Tuesday when the pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon in the most serious security breach targeting the Iran-backed militant group, according to Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad.

A pager is a small, battery-operated radio receiver that set off an alert when it receives a proper signal and displays a numeric message, like a phone number, or a short text message.

Israel's defense minister declares a “new phase” of war as Hezbollah officials and Lebanon's state media say explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices.

BEIRUT: Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday (Sep 17), killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others including fighters and Iran's envoy to Beirut. Lebanese Information Minister Ziad Makary condemned the late-a

A series of synchronized pager explosions in Lebanon killed at least nine people and injured nearly 3000. Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon was injured in the attack.

Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded near-simultaneously across Lebanon and in parts of Syria on Tuesday, wounding almost 3,000 people and killing eight - including a 10-year-old girl.

Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding some 2,800 in blasts the Iran-backed militant 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…

Members of the Lebanese armed group, Hezbollah, were among those injured when the communication devices exploded.

In what appears to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously, killing at least nine people—including an 8-year-old girl—and wounding thousands more.

The wave of explosions lasted around an hour after the initial detonations, which took place about 3:45 p.m. local time.

Gold Apollo said it authorized its brand on the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria but “the design and manufacturing” was ”solely the responsibility” of a Budapest-based company.

“We hold the Israeli enemy fully responsible for this criminal aggression,” the group said in a statement.

Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Hezbollah communication device explosions in Lebanon on Wednesday killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 450 others, after 12 people were killed and more than 2,800 were hurt in a similar pager attack that targeted the Iran proxy militia in the Middle Eastern country a day prior.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said, “We are at the start of a new phase in the war.”

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwanese company Gold Apollo said Wednesday that it authorized its brand on the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria in an apparent Israeli operation targeting Hezbollah’s communications network but that another company based in Budapest manufactured them. Pagers used by the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in…

A Taiwanese company says another firm based in Hungary was responsible for manufacturing the pagers that exploded in an apparent Israeli operation targeting Hezbollah.

BEIRUT—Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people, including an 8-year-old girl, and wounding several thousand, officials said. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel for what appeared to be a sophisticated remote attack. An…

A series of explosions rocked Lebanon and Beirut on Wednesday with the health ministry confirming nine deaths while news agencies put the toll at higher. The fresh round of blast came just a day after a deadly attack involving exploding pagers claimed the lives of at least 12 people.

The company linked to the manufacture of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria is based in a duplex in a quiet neighborhood of the Hungarian capital.

Walkie-talkies and solar equipment exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in an apparent second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, state media and officials for the militant group said. At least 14 people were killed and more than…

More than 2,700 people were wounded