Lebanon Pager Blasts Need Investigation, Says Russian Foreign Ministry

© AP Photo / Hussein MallaPolice officers inspect a car inside of which a hand-held pager exploded, Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.
Police officers inspect a car inside of which a hand-held pager exploded, Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 18.09.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Pager blasts in Lebanon require an investigation, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
Hezbollah pledged to retaliate against the Jewish state, with the Lebanese government condemning the pager attack as "criminal Israeli aggression."
"This [the detonation] requires an investigation, international attention to the topic," Zakharova told reporters on the sidelines of the fourth Eurasian Women's Forum.
Experts must provide the necessary assessment of the mass detonation of pagers, the spokeswoman added.
An ambulance carries wounded people whose handheld pager exploded, in Beirut, Lebanon - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 17.09.2024
Details Emerge Following Mass Pager Explosion in Lebanon
More than 4,000 people were injured and at least 11, including a child, died on Tuesday as a result of the mass detonation of pagers in different parts of Lebanon, according to the country's health minister, Firass Abiad.
The Lebanese government and Hezbollah movement blamed the explosions on Israel. Media reported that pagers were used by the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah as a closed communication system least susceptible to hacking and eavesdropping.
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