by Nader Durgham, Josephine Deeb and Rayhan Uddin at Middle East Eye
At least 14 people were killed and hundreds wounded on Wednesday when handheld radios used by Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon, in the latest Israeli attack on the Lebanese movement.
Exploding devices were reported from Tyre and Saida in the south to Sohmor in Lebanon’s east, setting fire to buildings and vehicles, and wounding at least 450 people, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
In Beirut’s southern suburbs, one blast struck while hundreds of mourners gathered at a funeral organised by Hezbollah for those killed in a near-identical attack the day before, where thousands of pagers used by the movement detonated.
Twelve people were killed and nearly 3,000 wounded in Tuesday’s blasts, an incident that drew horror and fury from Lebanese across the political divide. Two children and four health workers were among those killed by the pagers.
As the sound of the explosion echoed over the tightly secured funeral site on Wednesday evening,…
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