What we know about Lebanon’s exploding pagers

Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded almost simultaneously around 3:30pm local time on Tuesday killing at least 12 people, including two children, and wounding as many as 2,800 people in Lebanon and Syria, according to Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad. More communication devices used by Hezbollah including walkie-talkies detonated on Wednesday across southern Lebanon and in the southern suburbs of Beirut, killing at least nine and wounding hundreds.