Hospitals in Lebanon treating hand and eye injuries after pager explosions

Hospitals in Lebanon are treating large amounts of hand and eye injuries following the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of pagers on Tuesday. Several were killed and thousands injured in the blasts, which Lebanon's Hezbollah has blamed on Israel. "A lot of operations... went on during the night, in particular amputations for hands and eye surgeries," said Rawad Taha, FRANCE 24's correspondent in Beirut. 

Sep 18, 2024 - 05:00
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Hospitals in Lebanon treating hand and eye injuries after pager explosions
Hospitals in Lebanon are treating large amounts of hand and eye injuries following the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of pagers on Tuesday. Several were killed and thousands injured in the blasts, which Lebanon's Hezbollah has blamed on Israel. "A lot of operations... went on during the night, in particular amputations for hands and eye surgeries," said Rawad Taha, FRANCE 24's correspondent in Beirut.