Thousands of Pager Explosions in Lebanon and Syria; 19 IRGC Members Reportedly Dead
19 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members were killed after their pagers exploded in Deir ez-Zur in eastern Syria, Saudi media reported on Wednesday afternoon, September 18.
An additional 150 IRCG members were also wounded in the explosions according to the same Saudi news source. The report came a day after around 4,000 Hezbollah members also had their pagers exploded in an attack reportedly attributed to Israel. Foreign reports attribute the attack to the Mossad and IDF.
A series of explosions were reported in the Dahieh area of Beirut on Tuesday afternoon, leaving at least nine dead and over 3,000 injured. Dahieh is known as a Hezbollah stronghold.
A source in Hezbollah said that some of the terrorists felt that their device was getting hot and they threw it away before it exploded. It was also reported that some devices received a message before exploding.
British media reported that Hezbollah only began using the beeper devices within the last few months. Saudi media reported similarly and noted that among the injured are senior Hezbollah commanders and their aides.
Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani was also wounded in the attack, Iranian state media reported, and according to American media, he has lost an eye. (JPost / VFI News)
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