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Dozens of members of Hezbollah have been seriously wounded in Lebanon and Syria after pagers used to communicate exploded.
More than 1,000 people are reported to have been injured in southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut, and in the Syrian town of Set Zaynab, as the devices were detonated.
A Hezbollah official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detonation of the pagers was the ‘biggest security breach’ the group had been subjected to in nearly a year of war with Israel.
Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, is among injured by the explosion, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported.
Local media reported that he has been hospitalised with injuries that are not life-threatening in the aftermath of the explosion.
CCTV footage circulating on social media shows some of the blasts – at the till of a supermarket and on the street.
In one harrowing video from a fruit and vegetables market, the backpack of a man is seen exploding as shoppers flee for their lives.
In the moments after the blast, he is seen laying on the floor motionless.
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