hundreds of handheld pagers exploded in Lebanon and parts of Syria on Tuesday killing at least nine people and ruling 2,750 others according to government and Hezbollah officials among the killed or two members of the powerful Hezbollah group and a girl the Iranian Ambassador was also likely wounded Hezbollah blamed Israel and F retaliate the Israeli military declined comment the group said the pedri belonged to its members but didn’t disclose further details on the incident we don’t yet know if any senior members of the militant group had any of those Patriot in their possession meanwhile hospitals across the tiny country have been jam-packed with Wounded people AP photographers at Area Hospital said the emergency rooms were overloaded with patients many of them with injuries to their limbs some in serious condition now this incident comes at a time of heighten tensions between Lebanon Israel as Hezbollah and Israeli forces have been clashing near daily for more than 11 months against the backdrop of war between Israel and hezb Ali Hamas in the Gaza Strip