The death toll from wireless explosions in Lebanon rose from 20 to 32 on Wednesday.
Oku.AzAccording to TASS, this was stated by Firas Abyad, the country’s Minister of Health.
He did not give an exact number of injured, but said that on Sept. 17 and 18, thousands of people were injured in hospitals after Icom IC-V82 pager-powered walkie-talkies, smartphones and other devices using lithium-ion batteries and solar panels exploded.
Earlier, the armed wing of the Hezbollah party reported that 20 fighters and their commanders were killed in the explosion of wireless communication devices. had declared.
Recall that on September 17, throughout Lebanon, including the southern suburbs of Beirut Pager explodes en masse It happened. The communication devices that exploded belonged to members of the Hezbollah movement. Dozens of people died as a result of the incident, Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon said. Mujtaba Amani Among them, about 2.8 thousand people were injured. A day later, on September 18, the second wave of wireless communication devices arrived. There were explosionsThis time the death toll has risen and 460 more people have been injured. During the repeated cyber attack, Icom IC-V82 handheld walkie-talkies, smartphones and other devices with lithium-ion batteries and solar panels exploded. According to Reuters, the walkie-talkies were acquired by the Hezbollah movement about five months ago, almost at the same time as the exploding pagers.
