Witnesses and Hezbollah officials said the explosions were a result of the group’s walkie-talkies as well as motorbike radios and security locks blowing up. Lebanon’s health ministry said at least nine people were killed and 300 were wounded in the new explosions across the east of Lebanon and in southern Beirut – follow live updates.
Analysing the situation, Paul Nuki questions whether this is a provocation too far, while Hamish de Bretton-Gordon suggests that an unleashed Israel is humiliating its enemies.
