Reuters news agency reported, citing both a security source and an eyewitness, that the devices involved in Wednesday’s explosions were portable radios, unlike the pagers that were attacked the previous day.
Al-Mayadeen reported that the devices, apparently ICOM V82s, detonated, and “due to the devices containing highly flammable lithium batteries, the explosions were severe.”
“The explosions caused massive fires in cars, motorcycles, apartments, and stores all over Lebanon,” the report added.
Several residential buildings and shops are on fire. Nine people have been killed so far, and hundreds more are wounded.
People with family in Lebanon are now receiving texts and calls from their loved ones telling them not to worry if they don’t hear from them for a few days, as they’re scared their phones might be rigged with explosives.
What do you call this, if not terrorism?
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One of the victims of the terrorist attack Israel carried out yesterday (NYT). This is what the Western media is now cheering on and celebrating as ‘sophisticated’ and 'impressive’ military tactics