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Live Updates: Israel flights suspended as Hezbollah vows response to pager attack
Pagers belonging to Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon and in Syria on Tuesday, marking a major escalation after nearly 12 months of Hezbollah-Israel tensions.
Israel is suspected of being behind a large-scale attack on pagers used by Hezbollah members that exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday, which the Lebanese government said injured at least 4,000 people and killed 11.
Hezbollah said in a statement on Tuesday that its group's pagers exploded around 3:30 p.m. local time. An anonymous Hezbollah official told Reuters that the incident marks the “biggest security breach” for the group since its nearly 12-month-long conflict with Israel after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, blaming Israel for the attack.
A series of pager explosions also occurred in Syria, injuring 14 in Damascus and the countryside after devices exploded, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.