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A man donates blood under a tent in Beirut’s southern suburb on September 17, 2024, after explosions hit locations in several Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon amid ongoing cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah fighters. Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding Tehran’s ambassador in Beirut in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
OAN Staff James Meyers 10:17 AM – Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Hundreds of Hezbollah terrorists were injured in Lebanon on Tuesday after handheld pagers “exploded” in what the group claims was a targeted attack, according to a state media report.
Members of the terrorist organization confirmed the “wide-range attacks” on its operatives, including fighters and medics, with one member claiming its the “biggest security breach” since it began its attacks on the Jewish State began on October 8th.
Videos on social media caught the explosions on camera. Viewers can see the Hezbollah men, who had communication devices in their pockets, suddenly react after small explosions occur seemingly out of nowhere. Seconds later, Islamist terrorists began crying in pain as bystanders ran away in terror.
Among those injured when the pagers exploded included Iran’s ambassador in Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, Iranian state media reported.
BREAKING via Reuters
Hundreds of members of Hezbollah were seriously wounded on Tuesday when the pagers they used to communicate exploded.
Hezbollah officials are now claiming that Israel and the IDF were behind the “pager attacks,” while the Israeli military has not yet commented on the incidents.
“The enemy [Israel] stands behind this security incident,” a Hezbollah official told the Associated Press.
The pagers that detonated were reportedly the latest models that the terrorist organization had recently acquired and given to its members. Reuters was informed by several sources that there is now ongoing suspicion that someone or a group working for Israel had discreetly tampered with the devices.
Additionally, one Hezbollah official told a Middle Eastern correspondent working for the Wall Street Journal that some Hezbollah members felt their pagers quickly begin to heat up, so they disposed of them immediately before a detonation could occur.
The leader of the terrorist group, Hassan Nasrallah, previously warned his men of the possible dangers of carrying cell phones or pagers, claiming that their movements could be tracked or they could have a targeted strike carried out against them.
Nevertheless, who or what is behind the pager explosions has still not been revealed.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry has asked its emergency personnel treating the wounded to get rid of all their wireless devices. Additionally, local residents claimed that the explosions continued for “over 30 minutes” after the initial explosion.
Currently, no deaths have been reported as of Tuesday morning, but at least several casualties are expected after examining the Hezbollah members’ gruesome injuries, according to Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad.
The explosions come as Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in daily attacks over the border since the terrorist group joined Hamas in their joint effort against the Jewish state.
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told the press that a 22-year-old Lebanese immigrant who was detained on March 9th for entering the country illegally near El Paso, Texas, claimed to be a former member of Hezbollah who was traveling to New York and intended “to make a bomb.”
However, other reports have stated that he is a current member of Hezbollah.
According to the New York Post, Basell Ebbadi informed federal officials that he had been trained for seven years by the Iran-backed terrorist group and had worked for four more years as an armed guard at weapons facilities.
Ebbadi admitted to the agents that he intended “to make a bomb” after entering the United States. Before attempting to enter the country, the Lebanese man explained that he had a fake identification card with a false identity and birthday.
Ebbadi was also acting quite confidently, according to a CBP source, who labeled him as “bloviating and acting with machismo.”
He is now marked for deportation.
This occurs at a time when, according to federal officials, migrant interactions with the U.S. Border Patrol in the El Paso Sector have continued to increase over the last few weeks. In the last two weeks, border officials in the area have encountered at least 1,100 migrants on an average day. It is a combination of groups of undocumented foreign nationals attempting to avoid arrest and conviction in their own countries as well as asylum-seekers attempting to surrender at the border wall in order to live a better life.
Hezbollah is known as one of the world’s most dangerous terrorist groups. Its aim is to completely annihilate Israel, similar to that of Hamas. Arab media sources have even reported that the terrorist group applauded Hamas’s October 7th terrorist operation inside Israel.
According to Reuters, the terror group stated that it was in direct contact with the leadership of the Palestinian resistance throughout the strike against Israel on October 7th.
The U.S. Border Patrol has detected at least 59 individuals who are on terror watchlists attempting to pass between ports of entry since October, continuing a notable trend that began after Joe Biden was elected in 2021. According to official data, less than ten individuals on the list were encountered annually during the fiscal years 2017 and 2020.
Ebbadi is now being imprisoned at the El Paso Sector Hardened Facility.
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The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have arrested two Lebanese nationals at the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas.
On Thursday, two men who are reportedly in their early to mid-20s were arrested after authorities reportedly considered them “special interest aliens.”
“Special interest aliens” are people from nations classified by the United States government as having conditions that promote or protect terrorism or may constitute a national security concern to the United States.
The apprehensions come amid concerns about security and the possibility of terrorism have risen in the aftermath of Hamas terror strikes against Israel.
Lebanon borders Israel and is home to the militant group Hezbollah, which, like Hamas, is listed as a terrorist organization by the State Department and is reportedly supported by Iran.
Local and federal police enforcement in Washington, D.C., told the press that they are increasing their presence in the nation’s capital as Hamas’ call for a “Day of Rage” on Friday has heightened tensions in American cities.
The efforts come as significant protests are already building in the Middle East, with enormous crowds showing solidarity for Palestinians in Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq.
Last month’s threat assessment from the Department of Homeland Security noted that agents have encountered an increase in the number of people on the watch list and warned that “terrorists and criminal actors may exploit the elevated flow and increasingly complex security environment to enter the United States.”
“Individuals with terrorism connections are interested in using established travel routes and permissive environments to facilitate access to the United States,” the assessment also said.
The arrested suspects are currently undergoing extensive background vetting, by local authorities and the FBI.
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