Analysis: Exploding pagers, walkie-talkies usher in new, dangerous Israel-Hezbollah escalation

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The unprecedented, highly sophisticated pager attack that Israel allegedly carried out on Tuesday against Hezbollah members in Lebanon and Syria, killing a dozen people and wounding nearly 3,000 others, pushed the confrontation between the two enemies to a new dangerous level, military analysts said.

Then, on Wednesday, a new wave of explosions, involving walkie-talkies, solar equipment and lithium batteries, resulted in killing nine people and injuring 300 others across Lebanon, bringing the total number of casualties to 21 dead and 3,100 injured, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry and security sources. The explosions also set fire to apartments and shops.

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