The Take: Deadly pager attacks leave Lebanon in shock
Handheld devices and pagers used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah detonated on Tuesday and Wednesday.
![A person is carried on a stretcher outside American University of Beirut Medical Center after people were wounded and killed by Israel's exploding pager attack in Beirut, Lebanon September 17, 2024. [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024-09-17T195855Z_1016960281_RC2J2AAO1UCA_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-HEZBOLLAH-1726702023.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Lebanon is reeling after two days of coordinated attacks attributed to Israel that detonated thousands of pagers and devices used by Hezbollah members. The simultaneous explosions – in indiscriminate locations across the country – left deaths and thousands of injuries in their wake. Does this unprecedented attack signal a new reality?
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