Another round of explosions were reported Wednesday across Lebanon, including in Beirut, with handheld radios reportedly exploding a day after a dozen people were killed and thousands injured from detonating pagers.
The radio devices went off at a number of locations, including at the funeral for Hezbollah members killed in Tuesday’s pager bombings, according to Lebanese media outlets.
The handheld radio explosions on Wednesday burned up homes and cars. At least 100 people were wounded, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, the Associated Press reported.
The state-run National News Agency in Lebanon reported that several wounded people were transported to hospitals in Lebanon after both pagers and handheld radios detonated in the new attack.
The new round of explosions came just one day after the pager bombings in Lebanon that killed 12 people, including two children, and wounding around 2,800 people.
The Iranian-backed Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the pager bombings. The New York Times reported that Israel planted explosives in the pagers, which were purchased through a Taiwan company named Gold Apollo.
Gold Apollo, however, said it has a licensing deal with a Hungarian company, BAC Consulting KFT, that used its technology for the pagers that exploded in Lebanon.
Hezbollah has been using low-tech devices like pagers and radios in the nearly year-long conflict with Israel to prevent Israeli officials from spying on them or tracking fighters closely.
Israel has not publicly commented o.n either attack this week, but Israeli officials briefed U.S. officials, according to reports. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has denied any U.S. involvement in the attacks.