September 19, 2024 Meet the Middle East

Fear, panic haunt Lebanese after devices explode

Some panic-stricken Lebanese have tossed power banks, or sleep with mobile phones in another room, after hand-held devices used by Hezbollah operatives detonated two days in a row, killing 37 people. "What happened in the last two days is so frightening. It's terrifying," Lina Ismail told AFP by phone from the eastern city of Baalbek where some of the explosions occurred."We were so scared that we dismantled the inverter (a component inside solar energy systems) and turned off the device," she said.
Source: Al Monitor
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