Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon injured by pager explosion
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Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon injured by pager explosion
Reuters -Sept17th2024
DUBAI, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was slightly injured on Tuesday by the explosion of an electronic pager, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported, as numerous such devices exploded across Lebanon.
“Amani has a superficial injury and is currently under observation in a hospital,” Fars quoted a source as saying.
More than 1,000 people across Lebanon, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they use to communicate exploded, security sources told Reuters.
A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detonation of the pagers was the “biggest security breach” the group had suffered in nearly a year of war with Israel.
Hezbollah is a powerful Lebanese Islamist militia and political movement backed by Iran, and a sworn enemy of Israel.
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Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Kevin Liffey
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