Israel declared a “new phase” of its war against Iran-backed militants after Hezbollah in Lebanon was hit by a second wave of booby-trapped devices, exploding to deadly effect.
Twenty people died and more than 450 were injured on Wednesday when rigged walkie-talkies were detonated remotely in an apparent Israeli intelligence operation. The attacks took place the day after thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah exploded, killing ten adults and two children and injuring nearly 3,000.
On Wednesday in Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburb, a walkie-talkie blew up in a young man’s hand as a funeral procession began for a child killed in Tuesday’s explosions.
Footage posted on social media appears to show the moment of an explosion on Wednesday at a funeral procession
Israel has not officially claimed responsibility, but security sources said the blasts were the work of Mossad, its intelligence agency, known for its