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Explosions of Hezbollah bombs terrify Lebanese civilians

By Hudson Brooklyn
Explosions of Hezbollah bombs terrify Lebanese civilians

Iran is outraged that its ambassador to Lebanon was injured in the exploding pager operation on Tuesday.

Iranian Ambassador Mojtaba Amani reportedly lost an eye in the attack.

Many Hezbollah members looked at the pagers when they beeped and were injured in the face when they exploded.

Why did the Iranian ambassador receive a Hezbollah pager? Iran has not answered this question.

It seems clear that he was part of the Hezbollah network in Lebanon – probably as a key contact with Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This suggests that he was more than just a diplomat.

Deputy leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem and Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani attend a memorial service for Mohammed Nasser, Hezbollah's top commander who was killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on June 3, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon July 10, 2024. (Source: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR)

Iran has condemned Israel for the violence against its envoy. Iranian Ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani said Tehran would “follow up on the attack on its ambassador in Lebanon and demand that the UN chief and the Security Council condemn Israel's terrorist action against the ambassador as well as the attacks on Lebanese civilians,” Iranian state media reported on Wednesday.

Tehran has sent a letter to the UN chief and the presidents of the Security Council and the General Assembly saying it reserves the right to take action in response to the incident in accordance with its “discretion under international law”.

Iran has done this before. When Israel attacked a building next to the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Tehran responded by firing more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel.

It is not clear how much weight Iran attaches to the ambassador's injuries. Tehran called it a “heinous crime” and added that it “strongly condemns this act of sabotage and terrorism by the rogue regime of Israel.”

Iran said the Pager affair was a “flagrant violation of the fundamental principles and rules of international law, including the UN Charter, international law, in particular international humanitarian law, and international human rights law, as well as the provisions of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1973 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, Including Diplomatic Agents.”

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Fear spreads in Lebanon

The explosion of thousands of Hezbollah mobile communications devices has spread fear across Lebanon, with people fearing they may be carrying bombs in their pockets.

At least 37 people were killed and more than 3,000 injured when pagers and then walkie-talkies belonging to Hezbollah members exploded in two waves of attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lebanon and Hezbollah say Israel carried out the attack.

Since the attack, false rumors have spread that other types of mobile phones and even household appliances have also exploded.

Mustafa Jemaa said he had removed some of his inventory from his electronics store in the southern city of Sidon.

“We had some equipment here that we thought was 100 percent safe, but out of an abundance of caution we removed it … because we were concerned,” he said.

The Lebanese army on Thursday urged its citizens to report any sightings of suspicious objects, adding that it had carried out controlled explosions of pagers and other suspected tampered devices.

Lebanon's Civil Aviation Authority on Thursday banned walkie-talkies and pagers from being carried on board aircraft and transported by air, the National News Agency reported.

Hezbollah terrorists, medics and administrative staff were among those killed and injured in Tuesday's explosions.

At least two of those killed on Tuesday were children. They died when their fathers' pagers exploded.

“Of course we are afraid, my children, my siblings' children, all of us. Who can feel safe in this situation?” says Mustafa Sibai, a resident of Beirut.

“When I heard what happened yesterday, I left my phone on my motorcycle and walked away,” he said.

Ziad Makari, information minister for Lebanon's interim government, said panic was to be expected, pointing out that the attack was “a new type of crime for the Lebanese” and that it affected people at home, at work and in their daily lives.

However, he added: “There are a lot of rumors – an intercom exploded, a solar panel exploded, a TV exploded, a smartphone exploded.” “There are a lot of lies… a lot of fake news, and that doesn't help at all,” he said.



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