A Lebanese television network owned by Hezbollah, an Iran-backed movement, said “pager devices are exploding in the hands of their carriers” across the country, and that the Lebanese health ministry had placed hospitals on high alert.
Emergency rooms in Lebanon were overwhelmed with patients and requesting donations of blood, according to the AP.
The incident comes amid escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah. The two sides have repeatedly clashed since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, and Israel’s subsequent war in Gaza.
Iranian state media said Mojtaba Amani, Tehran’s ambassador to Lebanon, was among those injured.