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September 18, 2024 at 6:38 AM. At least 12 people – including two children – have been killed and thousands wounded after electronic pagers belonging to Hezbollah simultaneously exploded in ...
Explosives placed in pagers. The wave of explosions affected several areas in Lebanon, particularly the southern suburbs of Beirut, according to Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces.
September 17, 2024 at 9:09 PM. At least nine civilians are dead and over 2,750 were injured after pager devices owned by a large number of members in various Hezbollah units and institutions ...
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 ...
Lebanese health minister Firas Abiad said the scale of the attack was greater than the 2020 Beirut explosion, which was one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions ever recorded. [ 119 ] [ 120 ] The head of Lebanon's disaster response committee also compared the pager attack with the Beirut explosion, in terms of the sudden influx of ...
Condensation cloud. A transient condensation cloud, also called a Wilson cloud, is observable surrounding large explosions in humid air. When a nuclear weapon or high explosive is detonated in sufficiently humid air, the "negative phase" of the shock wave causes a rarefaction of the air surrounding the explosion but not of the air contained ...
Dozens wounded after pagers detonate in Lebanon, media and security officials say. BASSEM MROUE. September 17, 2024 at 9:55 AM. Civil Defense first-responders carry a wounded man whose handheld ...
Fear Grips Lebanon After Deadly Twin Pager and Radio Blasts. Justin Salhani / Beirut. September 20, 2024 at 10:55 AM. A funeral ceremony held for four people who were killed in Lebanon when pagers ...