par Sana Richa Choucair, 17/09 22:21 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than two thousand people were injured, and eight were killed following the explosion of pagers, also know as beepers, used by Hezbollah members on Tuesday afternoon. This is Beirut spoke with cybersecurity expert Khalil Sehnaoui to better understand the incident. What is a pager, and why does Hezbollah use it? A pager is a mostly one-way ...
par This Is Beirut, 17/09 22:28 - Reading : less than a minute
Caretaker Education Minister Abbas Halabi announced the closure of all public and private schools, high schools, vocational institutes, the Lebanese University and all private higher education institutions for Wednesday, following the pager explosions that killed nine and injured thousands, mostly Hezbollah operatives.
par Michel Touma, 18/09 11:17 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An unprecedented strike that will surely be etched into the global history of warfare and precision-targeted military operations. The Israeli attack on 17 September likely involved electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) targeting the pagers used by Hezbollah's top leaders and elite fighters. The coordinated detonation of thousands of these devices across ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/09 12:03 - Reading : less than a minute
Air France has announced the temporary suspension of flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Beirut, and between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Tel Aviv, until September 19 in view of the growing tensions in the Middle East. Operations should resume after an assessment of the situation. Germany's Lufthansa Group has also suspended flights to and ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/09 12:53 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A powerful explosion of pager devices across Lebanon on Tuesday resulted in the deaths of 12 people. Nearly 3,000 people were injured, with many in critical care. The blast, caused by the detonation of thousands of pager devices, is believed to have been part of an Israeli military operation aimed at Hezbollah’s communication networks. For its ...
par Chelsea Al Arif, Lyne Sammouri, 18/09 13:04 - Reading : less than a minute
Following Tuesday's unprecedented pager attack, the situation at AUBMC seems calmer today. Caretaker Minister of Public Health Firas Abiad toured multiple hospitals, assessing the situation firsthand. Abiad is scheduled for a press conference at the Ministry of Public Health at 1 PM.
par Bassam Abou Zeid, 18/09 14:57 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Without firing a single shot, Israel managed to remove thousands of Hezbollah fighters from the battlefield in southern Lebanon. Some will be out of action for days, others for months, while some may never return to combat or their duties due to the severity of their injuries, which could permanently prevent them from resuming their ...
18/09 18:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Those responsible for a deadly wave of explosions across Lebanon targeting paging devices used by members of the Hezbollah militant group "must be held to account," the UN rights chief said on Wednesday. The Iranian-backed group accused Israel and vowed to retaliate over the explosions that killed 12 people, including two children, and wounded up ...
18/09 18:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that civilian objects should not be weaponized, in the wake of a deadly wave of explosions across Lebanon targeting pagers used by Hezbollah. "I think it's very important that there is an effective control of civilian objects, not to weaponize civilian objects – that should be ...
18/09 20:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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As signs increasingly point towards an Israeli military operation against Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his intent on returning evacuated Israelis back to their homes north of Israel. "I’ve already said, we will return residents of the north safely to their homes," he says. "And that is exactly what we will ...
par Tilda Abou Rizk, 19/09 16:26 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Almost everything has been said about the methods Israel has used to deliver a painful double blow to Hezbollah, both militarily and psychologically, through two deadly attacks involving booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies, targeting thousands of the group's members. The main question that comes up now is whether Hezbollah’s pledged ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/09 17:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Following two waves of communication device explosions that targeted Hezbollah members on Tuesday and Wednesday across several Lebanese regions, notably in Beirut's southern suburb, caretaker Minister of Health Firas Abiad confirmed a death toll of 37. In a briefing to the press at the Ministry's emergency operations center, Abiad said the first ...
