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Lebanon, Syria point blame at Israel after pager explosions injure thousands

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Lebanon, Syria point blame at Israel after pager explosions injure thousands

Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded in Lebanon and parts of Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, including members of the militant group Hezbollah, and wounding thousands, officials said.

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Hezbollah and government officials are saying Israel is responsible for the attack, which wounded about 2,800 people and killed nine, according to multiple reports.

Reports also emerged that Israel was behind the attack, part of a joint operation between its intelligence service, the Mossad, and the Israeli military. The Israeli military has so far declined to comment.

Of the nine people that were killed, at least two were Hezbollah members and an eight-year-old girl. Ali Ammar, the son of one of Hezbollah’s members in the Lebanese parliament also was among the dead.

Iranian state-run IRNA news agency said Mojtaba Amani, the country’s ambassador, was slightly wounded and being treated at a hospital.

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