Lebanon mein Tuesday ko ek bade pager blast se 8 log mare gaye aur 2,750 se zyada log zakhmi huve, jisme Hezbollah ke fighters, medics, aur Iran ke envoy bhi shamil hain. Yeh blasts Lebanon bhar mein phail gaye, aur Lebanon ke health minister aur security sources ne iski tasdeeq ki hai.
Lebanon ke information minister Ziad Makary ne is blast ko “Israeli aggression” ke roop mein condemn kiya. Hezbollah ne bhi Israel ko blame kiya aur kaha ki iske khilaf “sahi saza milegi.”
Israeli military ne is incident per comment dene se inkaar kiya. Hezbollah ke ek adhikari ne naam na batane ke shart per kaha ki yeh blasts “sabse bada security breach” hain jo group ne ek saal ki Israel ke sath conflict ke dauran dekha hai. Israel aur Iran-backed Hezbollah ke beech Gaza war ke baad se cross-border warfare chal rahi hai.
Hezbollah ne apne statement mein kam se kam teen logon ki maut ki tasdeeq ki, jisme se do uske fighters the aur ek ladki thi. Investigation ki ja rahi hai ki yeh blasts kis wajah se hue. Hezbollah ke chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ko is explosion mein koi nuksan nahi hua.
Explosions ka silsila lagbhag ek ghante tak chala, jo ki local time 3:45 p.m. (1345 GMT) ke aas-paas hua. Yeh abhi tak spasht nahi hai ki yeh devices kaise detonate hue.
Lebanon ke foreign ministry ne is explosion ko “dangerous aur deliberate Israeli escalation” kaha aur kaha ki iske sath Israeli threats bhi the ki Lebanon par war ko bade scale par expand kiya jayega. Lebanese internal security forces ne kaha ki kuch wireless communication devices across Lebanon, khaaskar Beirut ke southern suburbs mein, blast hue.
Health Minister Firass Abiad ne kaha ki 2,750 log zakhmi hue hain, jinmein se 200 ki haalat critical hai. Zakhmon mein Hezbollah ke fighters bhi shamil hain jo armed group ke top officials ke betay hain. Ek fighter, jo ki Hezbollah ke Lebanese parliament member Ali Ammar ka beta tha, bhi mare gaya.
Iran ke ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, ko pager explosion mein “superficial injury” lagi hai aur wo hospital mein observation ke liye hain. Israeli government ne is explosion par koi comment nahi diya.
Israel ke domestic security agency ne kaha ki unhone Hezbollah ke ek plot ko foil kiya hai jo ek former senior defence official ke assassination ke liye tha. Shin Bet ne ek explosive device seize kiya jo remote detonation system ke sath attach tha.
Hezbollah ne kaha hai ki wo Israel ke sath all-out conflict se bachna chahta hai lekin Gaza war ke khatam hone tak cross-border clashes rokenge nahi. Gaza ceasefire efforts abhi bhi deadlocked hain.
Tuesday ke blasts ke baad, Beirut ke southern suburbs mein ambulances ka rush dekha gaya. Mt. Lebanon hospital mein motorcycles emergency room ki taraf rush karte hue dekhe gaye, jahan logon ke haath khoon se bhare hue the aur wo pain mein cheekh rahe the. Nabatieh public hospital ke head Hassan Wazni ne bataya ki unki facility mein 40 se zyada zakhmi logon ko treat kiya ja raha hai.
Lebanon ke crisis operations center ne medical workers se kaha ki wo apne hospitals ki taraf jayein aur massive number of wounded ko urgent care provide karein. Lebanese Red Cross ne 50 ambulances aur 300 emergency medical staff ko victims ki evacuation ke liye dispatch kiya.
Hezbollah ne 7 October ko Hamas gunmen ke Israel par attack ke turant baad missiles fire kiye, aur tab se Hezbollah aur Israel ke beech constant fire exchange chal raha hai. Tens of thousands logon ko border ke dono taraf se displacement ka samna karna pada hai. Israel ne apne formal war goals mein border ke paas se apne citizens ki safe return ko add kiya hai.
