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UN Rights Chief Demands Accountability for Lebanon Blasts

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 ...

The Pager Operation: Key Details and Pressing Questions

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 ...

Tuesday's Pager Attack: The Situation on Wednesday Morning

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.

Beirut Pager Explosion: 12 Dead and Nearly 3,000 Injured

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 ...

Air France and Lufthansa Suspend Flights to Beirut, Tel Aviv, and Tehran

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 ...

The 17 September Attack: Taking the War to Another Dimension

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 ...

Following Pager Blasts, All Educational Establishments Closed Tomorrow

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.

Pager Explosion: Three Questions for Khalil Sehnaoui

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 ...

Israeli Supply Chain Infiltration Likely Behind Hezbollah Pager Blasts

Israel has scored a major intelligence success by apparently infiltrating a supply chain to cause the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of Hezbollah pagers in a blow for the Lebanese militant group and its Iranian backers, analysts say. At least nine people were killed and some 2,800 wounded, including the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, when the ...

Latest Toll of Pager Explosions: 11 Killed, 4000 Wounded, Hezbollah Accuses Israel

Eleven people, including the son of Hezbollah MP Ali Ammar, were killed and 4000, mostly Hezbollah members (according to an initial assessment), as well as the Iranian ambassador to Beirut, Mojtaba Amani, were simultaneously injured across Lebanon on Tuesday in an unprecedented Israeli technological attack targeting their Pagers, according to the ...

Israeli Attack: Update from Our Reporters at AUBMC

Several hundred injured individuals have been admitted to AUBMC in Beirut and to various hospitals across the country following an unprecedented Israeli attack on Tuesday afternoon targeting pagers used by Hezbollah members.

Elie Mahfoud's Handrail Against Nawaf Moussaoui

The head of the Change Movement, lawyer Elie Mahfoud, and a group of lawyers filed a complaint with the Beirut Public Prosecutor's Office against former Hezbollah deputy Nawaf Moussaoui for his statements, on Friday, threatening any candidate for the presidency of the Republic who is hostile to his party's line The former MPs delivered those ...