Explosions Injure Hezbollah Members and Iran’s Ambassador in Lebanon
Tel Aviv [Israel], September 17: Numerous members of Hezbollah in Lebanon were injured when their communication devices exploded. Around 70 people have been injured, but the number may be higher. Lebanese sources quoted by Sky News in Arabic claim the blasts were the result of Israeli hacking. Israeli officials have yet to comment.
Some 1,000 Hezbollah operatives have been injured by exploding pagers and radios, according to Arab media reports. Reports suggest that Hezbollah figures in Syria were also injured in the apparently simultaneous blasts. Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was also injured.
Social media is filled with videos showing the explosions, their aftermath, and chaos in Lebanese hospitals. Unverified Arab media reports have attributed the blasts to an Israeli cyber attack.
Israel’s Security Cabinet recently updated its official war goals to include the secure return of 60,000 evacuated northern residents to their homes. Nearly 60,000 Israelis were forced to evacuate their homes near the Lebanon border when Hezbollah began launching rockets and drones in October. The attacks have killed 26 civilians and 20 soldiers on the Israeli side.
According to the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), Hezbollah fired 1,307 rockets at northern Israel in August, an average of 40 rockets daily. Since October 8, Hezbollah has launched more than 6,700 rockets and drones. Israeli officials have been calling for Hezbollah to be disarmed and removed from southern Lebanon in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War.
Israel’s other official war goals include the eradication of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities, the return of all hostages, and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel. At least 1,200 people were killed, and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage in Hamas’s attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. Of the 97 remaining hostages, more than 30 have been declared dead. Hamas has also been holding captive two Israeli civilians since 2014 and 2015, and the bodies of two soldiers killed in 2014.
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Hezbollah -: Hezbollah is a group in Lebanon that has its own army and is involved in politics. They often have conflicts with Israel.
Lebanon -: Lebanon is a country in the Middle East, next to Israel and Syria. It has a lot of different groups of people living there.
Iran’s Ambassador -: An ambassador is a person who represents their country in another country. Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon is a person from Iran who works in Lebanon to help with relations between the two countries.
Israeli hacking -: Hacking means breaking into computer systems to cause problems or steal information. Israeli hacking means people from Israel might have done this to cause the explosions.
Israel’s Security Cabinet -: This is a group of important people in Israel who make decisions about the country’s safety and defense.
war goals -: War goals are the things a country wants to achieve during a war. For example, Israel wants to bring back 60,000 people who had to leave their homes.
evacuated residents -: Evacuated residents are people who had to leave their homes because it was too dangerous to stay there.
rockets and drones -: Rockets are weapons that fly through the air and explode. Drones are small flying machines that can be used to watch things or carry weapons.
