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People gather at the entrance of the American University of Beirut Medical Center, on Sept. 17 after explosions hit locations in several Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon amid ongoing cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah fighters. Hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon on Sept. 17, killing at least nine people and wounding some 2,800 in blasts the Iran-backed militant group blamed on Israel.
He added that some"2,800 people were injured, about 200 of them critically" with injuries mostly reported to the face, hands and stomach. The United States, Israel's top arms provider, and close ally, was"not involved" and"not aware of this incident in advance," said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller.
AFP journalists saw dozens of wounded being taken to hospital in Beirut and in the south, where dozens of ambulances rushed between the cities of Tyre and Sidon in both directions. Since October, the unabating exchanges of fire between Israeli troops and Hamas ally Hezbollah in Lebanon have forced tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border to flee their homes.
Before the wave of pager explosions, Israel said it killed three Hezbollah members in a strike on Lebanon on Sept. 17. After months of mediated negotiations failed to pin down a ceasefire, Washington said it was still pushing all sides to finalize an agreement.
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