BSS
  19 Sep 2024, 00:02

14 dead in Lebanon walkie-talkie blasts: new ministry toll

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept 18, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Fourteen people were killed and more than 450 wounded Wednesday when walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon, the health ministry said, a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up killing 12 and wounding 2,800.

"The wave of enemy explosions that targeted walkie-talkies... killed 14 people and wounded more than 450," the ministry said in a statement.