Hamas has condemned the recent series of pager explosions in Lebanon, which resulted in at least nine deaths and 2,750 injuries, calling the incident a \u201ccrime that defies all laws.\u201d The group has accused the Israeli government of being fully responsible for the attacks, labelling them as part of a broader \u201cZionist enemy\u2019s aggression\u201d against the region.<\/p>\n
In a statement, Hamas described the explosions, which targeted pagers used by Hezbollah members, as a \u201cterrorist act\u201d and emphasized its solidarity with Hezbollah. \u201cThis terrorist act is part of the Zionist enemy\u2019s larger aggression on the region,\u201d the statement read. Hamas also praised Hezbollah\u2019s \u201cefforts and sacrifices\u201d in supporting the Palestinian cause, reinforcing its commitment to the resistance against Israeli actions.<\/p>\n
The Lebanese group Hezbollah has similarly held Israel accountable for the deadly blasts. Israel has not yet responded to these allegations. The situation in Lebanon follows a backdrop of heightened tensions, with Hezbollah and Israel engaging in ongoing exchanges of fire since the commencement of Israel\u2019s military campaign in Gaza in October.<\/p>\n
The conflict has had devastating effects on the region, with the Palestinian Education Ministry reporting that Israeli attacks have resulted in the deaths of over 11,000 students in Gaza and the West Bank since October 7. The broader impact of the war has been severe, with at least 41,252 people killed and 95,497 wounded in Gaza, while Hamas-led attacks on October 7 have claimed the lives of at least 1,139 individuals in Israel and left over 200 people captive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a statement, Hamas described the explosions, which targeted pagers used by Hezbollah members, as a \u201cterrorist act\u201d and emphasized its solidarity with Hezbollah. \u201cThis terrorist act is part of the Zionist enemy\u2019s larger aggression on the region,\u201d the statement read. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":366,"featured_media":37687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[322,1095,316,422,1036,1094,21915,21918,21917,511,1011,294],"class_list":["post-37686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-asia","tag-hamas","tag-hezbollah","tag-israel","tag-israel-palestine-conflict","tag-israel-palestine","tag-lebanon","tag-pager","tag-pager-blasts","tag-pager-explosions","tag-syria","tag-u-s","tag-united-states"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37688,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37686\/revisions\/37688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}