What's going to explode next? The fridge? My phone? The scenes here in Lebanon are from a horror film --Fleshless faces, eyes hanging out. With dozens dead and thousands hurt, none of us feel safe, writes Hassan Harfoush | 18 Sept 2024 | Thousands of walkie-talkies, solar panels and fingerprint recognition devices used by Hezbollah fighters have detonated across Lebanon in the past two days, killing 14 and wounding hundreds of people including mourners at a funeral. The second wave of carnage comes a day after thousands of exploding pagers used by the group left almost 3,000 people injured and a dozen dead, including civilians and children. Security sources confirmed that hand-held radios were purchased by Hezbollah five months ago, at around the same time as compromised pagers. Lebanese media has also reported that home solar energy systems have blown up in several areas of Beirut.

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