It comes after hundreds of electronic devices exploded in Lebanon, killing at least 32 people and wounding more than 3,000 others.

It follows explosions of Hezbollah radios and blasts in booby-trapped pagers, setting the foes hurtling towards war.

Wednesday's walkie-talkie blasts came as Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced a "new phase in the war" against the Hamas militant group, adding that the "centre of gravity" is moving north with the deployment of a new military division.

In the latest attacks, at least 20 people lost their lives and over 450 were injured, authorities said, according to a report by Al Jazeera.

The walkie-talkies detonated in a fresh wave of explosions on Wednesday, a security source informed CNN, just a day after the devastating pager blasts across the country

BEIRUT: A second wave of device explosions killed 20 people and wounded more than 450 others on Wednesday in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, officia...

Hand-held radios used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah detonated on Wednesday across Lebanon’s south and in Beirut suburbs, further stoking tensions with Israel a day after similar explosions were launched via the group’s pagers. Lebanon’s health ministry said 14 people had been killed and more than 300 injured, while the death toll from Tuesday’s explosions […]

Israel has bombed southern Lebanon, saying it has thwarted an Iran-backed assassination plot, a day after explosions of Hezbollah radios followed...

At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 others wounded, Lebanese officials said, a day after pagers exploded across the country and killed 12 people, in an attack widely attributed to Israel.

A second wave of device explosions killed 14 people and wounded more than 450 others on Wednesday in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, officials said, stoking fears of an all-out war with Israel.

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.

Second wave of exploding gear kills at least 14 today

1 day after deadly pagers, walkie-talkies simultaneously explode in Lebanon, killing 9 and injuring 300 (video)

New Delhi: A day after thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah exploded throughout Lebanon, hand-held radios, or walkie-talkies, used by the Iran-backed group detonated on Wednesday night across southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut, according to Reuters. At least 9 people have been killed and over 100 injured in the latest blasts. One […]

Walkie-talkies have exploded in Lebanon's capital of Beirut in a second day of blasts against Hezbollah.

Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Hezbollah communication device explosions in Lebanon on Wednesday killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 450 others, after 12 people were killed and more than 2,800 were hurt in a similar pager attack that targeted the Iran proxy militia in the Middle Eastern country a day prior.

Hezbollah members were targeted in the initial attack on pager devices on Tuesday afternoon.

14 killed, more than 450 injured as pagers and 'devices' explode

Hezbollah members and a young girl were among those who died with Iran’s ambassador also injured, according to reports. As many as 2,750 people were wounded – 200 of them critically – and 12 killed

The Iranian-backed militant group, which uses pagers to safeguard communications, blamed Israel for the attacks in Lebanon. Israel declined to comment.

The devices - which detonated simultaneously, killing at least nine people and injuring thousands - were brought in by Hezbollah in recent months.

At least 12 people and thousands of others were injured when explosive pagers detonated across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday.

The attacks left at least 32 dead and thousands injured, but how the blasts occurred remains unclear.

Analysts see the threat of escalation between Israel and Hezbollah as a possibility following yesterday's detonations.

At least nine people were killed and nearly 3,000 wounded when pagers used by Hezbollah members - including fighters and medics - detonated simultaneously across Lebanon. Here's what we know so far a