Thousands of communication devices simultaneously blew up in Lebanon, causing deaths and maimings. But no one has yet claimed responsibility.
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00:00What we know is that these devices, pagers, all of them detonated at the same time.
00:06And all of them, or at least a vast amount of them, belonging to Hezbollah operatives,
00:11to people who have ties there with Hezbollah.
00:15The Iranian ambassador, for example, to Lebanon,
00:18stressing even more the very close ties between Hezbollah and Iran.
00:23So a lot of questions arising there.
00:26How did it happen?
00:27Why did it happen?
00:28Who is behind it?
00:30Of course, the usual suspect would be Israel.
00:32And the Lebanese health minister said that Israel is the one behind this string of explosions.
00:39No such a comment from Hezbollah at the time.
00:43Not putting a finger at anybody.
00:46And now, south of the border, there has been an urgent cabinet meeting this afternoon,
00:52right after the incident.
00:53But as far as comments, complete quiet.