Hezbollah targeted in unprecedented exploding pager attack

By Mike Brest

Published September 17, 2024 11:57am ET

Scores of Hezbollah operatives were injured in Lebanon on Tuesday in a seemingly coordinated attack in which hundreds of their electronic pagers exploded simultaneously.

At least nine people were killed in the attack, one of whom was a child, while some 2,800 were wounded, according to Firas Abiad, Lebanon’s health minister.