Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, was slightly injured on Tuesday by the explosion of an electronic pager, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported, as numerous such devices exploded across Lebanon.

Hezbollah called in the "biggest security breach" in nearly a year of fighting against Israel as hundreds of pagers exploded.

In the largest security breach since October 2023, handheld Hezbollah pagers exploded across Lebanon and Syria, wounding more than 2,750 people on Sept. 17. Explosions lasted for about an hour after detonation.

Lebanese officials said Tuesday that a “large number of people” were injured in various parts of the country after pagers they were carrying exploded, including members of the militant group Hezbollah,

A man was left moaning in pain after a handheld device appeared to explode in his trouser pocket while he was shopping for groceries in the Lebanese capital. With dozens of people wounded in similar circumstances across the country,