Update 9/17/24 at 4:00 p.m.:This story has been updated with additional details.
Hezbollah blames Israel for the attack.
We hold the Israeli enemy fully responsible for this criminal attack, it said in astatement.
The remnants of an exploded pager.© Image via Telegram.
The U.S. said it was not aware of the attack and was not involved.
It neither confirmed nor denied that Israel was responsible.
Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesperson, told Axios that it wasstill gathering information.
©The aftermath of an explosion in a grocery store. Image via Telegram.
Its unlikely that malware alone caused the pagers battery to overheat and explode.
Older models use AA or AAA batteries and newer models use lithium.
All of those could burn and hurt another person but are unlikely to explode at that size.
I also cant really see a lithium battery exploding killing a person.
3rd degree burns, yes.
Videos of the explosions flooded social media.
Reutersconfirmed the attackthrough an anonymous source connected to Hezbollah.
The anonymous source told Reuters the attack was the biggest security breach of Hezbollahs information system theyd ever seen.
The Iranian news agency Mehr reported that Mojtaba Amani, the countrys ambassador to Lebanon, wasinjured.
The BBC reported that nine people had died and more than 2,800 were wounded.
Video and images of the explosions flooded social media in the hour after the attack.
It explodes, injuring him and sending the clerk running.
Its unclear how much collateral damage theres been from the attacks.
Hundreds of them had the devices and a Hezbollah official speculated that theyd been infected by malware.
Some people felt the pagers get hot before the explosion and got rid of them before the attack.
Sneaking explosives into the pocket of an enemy is the kind of thing Israel does.
In July,Israel assassinated a Hamas leader in Tehran, Iranwith a remotely detonated package.
A Mossad agent had, somehow, managed to plant the explosive rig in his bedroom.
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