Lebanon pager blasts toll rises to 12: Minister
AFP , Wednesday 18 Sep 2024
Lebanon's Health Minister Firass Abiad said Wednesday that 12 people were killed after paging devices used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon a day earlier, adding that some wounded were treated in Syria.
Lebanon's Health Minister Firass Abiad (C) speaks to reporters from Beirut International Airport on September 18, 2024, after the arrival of an Iraqi military transport aircraft with a shipment of emergency medical aid to Lebanon which was hit by a wave of simultaneous explosions of paging devices used by Hezbollah members, killing 12 including two children and wounded over 2750 others.
"After checking with all the hospitals", the toll was revised to "12 dead including two children", Abiad told a news conference, putting the number of wounded between 2,750 and 2,800.
Some cases in the Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley "were transferred to Syria", while "other cases will be evacuated to Iran", he added.
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