{"id":295133,"date":"2024-09-19T05:27:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T05:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=295133"},"modified":"2024-09-20T08:41:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T08:41:09","slug":"more-communication-devices-explode-in-lebanon-day-after-pager-blasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=295133","title":{"rendered":"More communication devices explode in Lebanon day after pager blasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Press TV \u2013 Sept 18, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>At least 14\u00a0people have been killed as more communication devices detonated<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>in Lebanon a day after<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>simultaneous explosions\u00a0of<\/strong> <strong>pagers\u00a0across the country left at least\u00a0a dozen dead and thousands\u00a0injured.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Explosions were\u00a0reported in multiple locations in Lebanon, including at the site of a funeral for a child killed in a pager explosion the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports said that several blasts occurred simultaneously in Beirut similar to what happened on Tuesday.\u00a0Several explosions\u00a0were also reported in southern and eastern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon\u2019s Health Ministry said at least 14\u00a0people were\u00a0killed and more than 450\u00a0injured in the new wave of\u00a0explosions.<\/p>\n<p>An informed source told Press TV the detonated devices came from the same batch of cargo as the detonated pagers, all imported from the same company.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Video shows a car burning in the aftermath of a communication device explosion in Lebanon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/98V655HiHa\">pic.twitter.com\/98V655HiHa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PalHighlight\/status\/1836417413111271816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Lebanese Army Command called on the people not to gather in the scenes of security incidents to allow the arrival of medical teams.<\/p>\n<p>Civil defense teams are extinguishing the fires that broke out as a result of the explosions, while ambulance teams continue to transport the injured.<\/p>\n<p>The new act of aggression came as top Hezbollah official Sayyed Hashem Saffieddine was delivering a speech affirming that the Israeli acts of terrorism will have their own punishment, stating that the resistance is steadfast and capable of inflicting more defeats on the enemy.<\/p>\n<p>The new act of aggression came as top Hezbollah official Sayyed Hashem Saffieddine was delivering a speech affirming that the Israeli acts of terrorism will have their own punishment, stating that the resistance is steadfast and capable of inflicting more defeats on the enemy.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An attendance machine after exploding in Lebanon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UewCDCLhzb\">pic.twitter.com\/UewCDCLhzb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PalHighlight\/status\/1836418920732926403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Hezbollah official said a speech by the movement\u2019s Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, planned for Thursday, will clarify matters and that the movement will face a new pattern and a new confrontation with the enemy.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of pagers widely used by resistance factions and also public service workers exploded on Tuesday, leaving\u00a0at least a dozen dead and around 3,000 people injured.<\/p>\n<p>The Lebanese government has blamed Israel. Hezbollah has promised the Israeli regime will receive \u2018just punishment\u2019 for\u00a0the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwanese company Gold Apollo said\u00a0the pagers used in the Israeli deadly terrorist attack\u00a0on Tuesday had been made by a Hungarian firm, to which the company had authorized its brand on the devices.<\/p>\n<p>The company made the remarks in a statement on Wednesday, identifying the firm as BAC Consulting KFT based in the Hungarian capital Budapest.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Security Council is due to meet on Friday to discuss the latest blasts that hit Lebanon, council president Slovenia said on Wednesday after Lebanon requested an emergency meeting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2024\/09\/18\/733535\/Communication-devices-explode-in-Lebanon-day-after-pager-denonations\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 14 dead as more communication devices explode across Lebanon <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":295137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[118,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-7-10-gaza-war","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=295133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295136,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295133\/revisions\/295136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/295137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=295133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=295133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=295133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}