The seemingly coordinated blasts targeting Hezbollah members stoked fears of a broadening conflict.

BEIRUT—Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people, including an 8-year-old girl, and wounding several thousand, officials said. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel for what appeared to be a sophisticated remote attack. An…

Cuba and Venezuela issued statements condemning an apparent attack on Hezbollah operatives in Syria and Lebanon.

One day after hundreds of pagers widely used by Hezbollah simultaneously exploded in Lebanon, two-way radios used by the group detonated on Wednesday in what appeared to be a second wave of sophisticated,…

TEHRAN (Sept 18): Iran accused Israel today of "mass murder" after paging devices belonging to the Tehran-aligned Hezbollah group in Lebanon exploded, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others. Foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said in a statement he "condemned the terrorist act

TEHRAN: Iran accused Israel on Wednesday (Sep 18) of "mass murder" after paging devices belonging to the Tehran-aligned Hezbollah group in Lebanon exploded, killing 12 people and wounding up to 2,800 ot

The wave of explosions lasted around an hour after the initial detonations, which took place about 3:45 p.m. local time.

The United States, initially, said it did not have any prior information on the Lebanon pager blasts and washed its hands of the incident.

Among those wounded in the pager attacks on Tuesday was Iran's ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani, with Iranian media reporting he suffered injuries "to the hand and the face."

At least 12 people died, around 2,800 were injured, with about 300 in critical condition