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        <h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Explosions erupt in Lebanon, radio receivers targeted</h1>
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          <div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">September 18, 2024<br></div>
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        <div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>A wave of new explosions erupted in numerous areas in Lebanon as radio receivers were hit in a possible Israeli attack.</p><img src="cid:ii_m186wshc0" alt="67c445f5-811f-47a4-994a-67f3c90f75a7.jpg" width="343" height="452"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
An exploded walkie-talkie in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, September 18, 2024 (Social media)

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<p>Radio receivers, commonly known as walkie-talkies, spontaneously 
exploded Wednesday in numerous areas in Lebanon in a possible renewed 
Israeli attack. </p>
<p>The devices, seemingly ICOM V82s, spontaneously detonated, and due to
 the devices containing highly flammable lithium batteries, the 
explosions were severe.</p>


<p>The explosions caused massive fires in cars, motorcycles, apartments,
 and stores all over Lebanon. The scope of the injuries is yet to be 
determined. </p>
<p>One device even exploded during a funeral procession for an 
individual martyred in the eerily similar Tuesday attack, with a large 
crowd gathering around the person carrying it. </p>
<p>It has been reported that at least three people have been martyred as
 a result of the attacks, with the injuries standing in the dozens.</p>
<p>Citing security sources, <em>Reuters </em>reported that the radios were purchased by Hezbollah around the same time the <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/cyber-attack-targeting-pagers-results-in-tens-of-injuries-in" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pagers</a>.</p>


<p>The<span> </span><em>New York Times</em>, citing US and other officials briefed on the attack, reported that<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--planted-explosives-in-pagers-sold-to-hezbollah--nyt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Israel" planted explosive material</a><span> </span>in a recent batch of Taiwanese-brand pagers imported to Lebanon, carrying out an operation against Hezbollah.</p>
<p>Pagers ordered by Hezbollah from Gold Apollo were tampered with 
before arriving in the county, some officials stated. Most pagers were 
the AR924 models, but the shipment also included three other models from
 the company, according to<span> </span><em>NYT</em>.</p>
<p>Taiwanese manufacturer Gold Apollo said the pagers were produced and 
developed by a European company, CEO Hsu Chin-Kuang said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>"The pagers were both<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/explosives-used-in-pager-attack-can-bypass-scanning--securit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">developed and produced abroad</a>, so they have nothing to do with Taiwan," the director was quoted as saying by Taiwanese news portal CTWANT.</p></div></div></div>
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