New explosions targeting Hezbollah walkie-talkies kill several in Lebanon

Des talkies-walkies appartenant à des membres du Hezbollah ont explosé dans la banlieue de Beyrouth ce mercredi, au lendemain d’une attaque meurtrière massive similaire ayant ciblé les bipeurs de milliers de membres de l’organisation libanaise. Les autorités font état de trois morts et d’une centaine de blessés.

In the suburbs of Beirut, several walkie-talkies exploded this Wednesday during the funerals of Hezbollah members. Other detonations were reportedly heard in Saida and Baalbeck. This looks like another sabotage operation, with no confirmation at this time. Regarding the pager affair, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah will speak this Thursday in a speech. For his part, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, recalled that this operation is a violation of international law. He will call for an “independent, serious and transparent investigation.” His goal is to find those behind this sabotage campaign and “make them pay.”