Hezbollah vows revenge on Israel for deadly Lebanon pager explosions

Thousands of pagers detonated across the country and in Syria, killing 12 people and wounding almost 3,000

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Hezbollah has vowed revenge for an unprecedented and deadly attack in Lebanon, with Israel accused of carrying out the operation by planting explosives inside thousands of pagers imported by the group months earlier..

Thousands of pagers detonated across Lebanon and in Syria, killing 12 people and wounding almost 3,000 others, including the group's fighters and Iran's envoy to Beirut. Lebanon's health minister, Firass Abiad, said a young girl was among the dead, and that more than 200 people had critical injuries.