At least nine people were killed and nearly 3,000 people wounded across Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon when hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah and others almost simultaneously exploded. Hezbollah has blamed Israel, where officials and the military have made no comment.

A series of pager explosions in Beirut's southern suburbs resulted in nine fatalities and over 2,700 injuries. Hezbollah attributes the blasts to explosives planted by Israel’s Mossad.

A remote attack on pagers used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon and Syria resulted in simultaneous explosions, killing at least nine people and injuring thousands. The Iran-backed group blamed Israel for the sophisticated operation.

The deadly Hezbollah-pager explosions are causing mounting distrust, with some Lebanon residents abandoning their electronic devices.

For millions of Lebanese, this week's mass explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies, with its bloody aftermath, is painfully similar to the horrific explosion four years ago of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrates that tore through Beirut's port,

Pagers, used every day by health care professionals, became a deadly weapon Tuesday as thousands of them simultaneously exploded in Lebanon.

Israel Defense Forces on Thursday said it carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, just days after a deadly wave of explosions around Beirut.