EXPLOSIONS went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices, Hezbollah officials and state media said on Wednesday, reporting walkie-talkies and even solar equipment being targeted a day after hundreds of pagers blew up.
Lebanon’s health ministry said on Wednesday that at least 14 people were killed and 450 others wounded by exploding electronic devices in multiple regions of the country.
Several blasts were heard at the funeral in Beirut for three Hezbollah members and a child killed by exploding pagers the day before.
In the southern coastal city of Sidon a car and a mobile phone shop damaged after devices exploded inside of them.
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