Lebanon: At least nine dead from blasts – as pagers said to be ‘a new brand’ Hezbollah hasn’t used

At least nine people have died and dozens of members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been seriously wounded after pagers they use to communicate exploded, security officials say.

Lebanese health minister Firas Abiad said 2,750 people had been wounded in the explosions, 200 of them critically.

Sky’s Alistair Bunkall has the latest from Jerusalem.

Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/middle-east-latest-eight-dead-in-pager-explosions-include-hezbollah-fighters-militant-group-says-12978800

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