Attacks targeting communications devices used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon appear to be the latest in a series of covert operations allegedly carried out by Israeli operatives.

On Wednesday, walkie-talkies exploded, with media reports saying they had been purchased by Hezbollah around the same time as the pagers used in the first wave of attacks.

More device explosions were reported in Lebanon, a day after pagers belonging to Hezbollah members detonated, killing at least 12 people and injuring nearly 3,000.

At least 14 people have been killed and more than 450 others wounded by a second wave of explosions from wireless communication devices in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says.

An ambulance believed to be carrying wounded people, after multiple explosions were heard during the funeral of four Hezbollah fighters who were killed after their handheld pagers exploded, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 18, 2024.

Multiple explosions went off Wednesday at the site of a funeral for three Hezbollah members and a child killed by exploding

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Japan's Icom said it was highly unlikely that wireless devices that exploded in Lebanon were the company's products. Pictures of the walkie-talkies used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that exploded on Wednesday showed labels reading "ICOM" and "made in Japan".