21 Sep 2024

What has happened in the tech attacks in Lebanon?

From Saturday Morning, 7:40 am on 21 September 2024
A man holds a walkie talkie device after he removed the battery during the funeral of persons killed when hundreds of paging devices exploded in a deadly wave across Lebanon the previous day, in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 18, 2024. Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon on September 17, killing at least nine people and wounding around 2,800 in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Photo: ANWAR AMRO/AFP

Earlier this week two separate organised attacks took place in Lebanon.

The first - when pagers used by armed group Hezbollah exploded on Tuesday, and then when hand-held radios detonated the following day, injuring over 3000 people.

With the number of deaths rising including children, it's been called the country's deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the militants and Israel nearly a year ago.

Mohamed Hassan is a journalist from Auckland and Cairo and joins Mihi to explain what happened.

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