This week, pagers and walkie-talkies, some of them belonging to Hezbollah members, exploded in a sophisticated, remotely coordinated attack, killing over a dozen people including children and injuring thousands.
The Lebanese Red Cross said it was responding to “multiple explosions in different areas” and remained on high alert.
Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the bloodshed, which has been widely condemned, including by the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
The Lebanese prime minister described the attacks as a “serious violation of Lebanese sovereignty and a crime by all standards.”
Slovenian U.N. Ambassador Samuel Žbogar, who is currently presiding over the 15-member Security Council, said the body will meet Friday to discuss the pager blasts.
The fresh round of violence has escalated already-high tensions between Israel and Hezbollah and raised fears of a wider regional conflict.
