Footage aired by regional broadcasters and shared on social media show the moment the pagers detonated. Absolute scenes of chaos in Southern Beirut as hundreds of pagers belonging to members of Hezbollah explode.
Al Jazeera journalist Zeina Khodr reported that the pager devices appeared to have been hacked in a coordinated attack, adding that Hezbollah's leadership banned members from using smartphones just months ago.
One security source in Beirut told Reuters that ambulances were seen speeding through Beirut's southern suburbs as chaos erupted and blasts continued.
The health ministry's crisis operations center reportedly called on all medical workers to rush to hospitals and put out requests for blood donations, warning against using pagers.
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