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[23] [24] Hezbollah subsequently imported the pagers to Lebanon in the months before the explosion. [26] [25] It was reported that the devices were compromised in Iran before being sent to Lebanon. [50] Reuters was told that the explosives were not detected despite checks and the pagers were still being distributed immediately before the attack ...
Ambulances dispatched around Beirut, Lebanon, while security forces take precautions after a mass explosion of wireless communication devices on Sept. 17, 2024. Houssam Shbaro—Anadolu/Getty Images
For many, the explosions also brought back painful memories of the deadly 2020 explosion at the Beirut port, when chemicals stored in a warehouse accidentally exploded, killing more than 200 ...
PHOTO: People gather outside the American University hospital after the arrival of several people who were wounded by exploded handheld pagers, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 17, 2024. (Bassam Masri/AP)
Displaced. ≈300,000. On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$ 15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless. A cargo of 2,750 tonnes of the substance (equivalent to ...
7 killed 80 injured. Haret Hreik. Location within Lebanon. On 30 July 2024, Israel conducted an airstrike on an apartment building in Haret Hreik in the suburbs of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, killing Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, [ 1 ] Iranian military adviser Milad Bedi, [ 2 ] as well as five Lebanese civilians, including two children ...
The blasts began in Beirut about 3.30pm local time. Witnesses reported seeing smoke coming from people's pockets, before seeing small explosions that sounded like fireworks.
On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs were detonated at buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a military peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. The attack killed 307 people: 241 U.S. and 58 French military personnel, six civilians, and two attackers.