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‘Sophisticated evil’: Beirut medics and civilians horrified by pager attacks

People describe panic when explosions started and ‘apocalyptic’ scenes inside hospitals overwhelmed by injured patients

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2024

Israel planted 5,000 pager explosives months before deadly blasts, Lebanese security sources say

Israel’s spy service injected explosive materials activated by coded messages into thousands of pagers during production, months before they were imported by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, a senior Lebanese security source said. Hezbollah fighters were using the low-tech devices, produced by the Taiwan-based company Gold Apollo, in an attempt to…

France 24 · Sep 18, 2024

Lebanon's crisis-battered healthcare system now prepares for a wider war with Israel, minister says

Lebanon’s crisis-battered healthcare system is now preparing for the possibility of a devastating wider conflict with Israel, the country’s health minister tells The Associated Press in an interview

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2024

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Health Ministry Warns of Cholera Outbreak in Lebanon

Caretaker Health Minister Firas Abiad warned on Saturday of a cholera outbreak if Lebanon fails to quickly respond to the disease, which he confirmed is still restrained in the rural northern Lebanese region of Akkar. On Friday, the Health Ministry issued a statement saying a second case of Cholera has…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 9, 2022

Lebanon Inspecting New Suspected Cases of Cholera

Lebanon’s health minister said on Friday that authorities are inspecting suspected cases of cholera, less than a day after the cash-strapped country confirmed its first case of the illness since 1993. The news came almost a month after an outbreak of the illness in neighboring war-torn Syria. Firas Abiad, Lebanon’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 7, 2022

Lebanon inspecting new suspected cases of cholera

Lebanon’s health minister has said the authorities are inspecting new suspected cases of cholera, less than a day after confirming its first case of the illness in the country since 1993

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2022

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