At least eight people were killed and more than 2,700 injured, many of them Lebanon-based Hezbollah fighters, when the handheld pagers they use to communicate exploded, Lebanon's health minister said Tuesday.
Firass Abiad said in a news conference that the blasts took place in several suburbs of Beirut, according to Lebanon's National News Agency. He said many of the victims had injuries to their faces, hands and stomachs.
He said one of those killed was an 8-year-old girl.
The direct cause of the explosions, which appeared to take place simultaneously at 3:30 p.m., was not immediately clear, though Hezbollah quickly blamed Israel for what it called its "sinful aggression."
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