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.

Lebanese officials said that 12 people had been killed on Tuesday, including a young girl. Hezbollah said that at least eight of its fighters were among the day’s dead and more than 2,700 people were injured in Lebanon — including Iran’s ambassador to the country.

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.

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.

The death toll from two waves of wireless communication device explosions in Lebanon rose to 37 and thousands were injured, Health Minister Firas Al-Abiad said on Thursday.

Lebanon wracked by fresh wave of explosions of booby-trapped communication devices believed to be part of an electronic sabotage campaign against Hezbollah.

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".

Heightened Anxiety in Lebanon After Wireless Device Explosions transcript We started receiving text messages about pagers exploding. Again, we were scared. We had pagers in the hospital. So just like that,

The deadly Hezbollah-pager explosions are causing mounting distrust, with some Lebanon residents abandoning their electronic devices.

For millions of Lebanese, this week's mass explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies, with its bloody aftermath, is painfully similar to the horrific explosion four years ago of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrates that tore through Beirut's port,