The Independent – Exploding pagers kill 9 and injure 3,000 in cyber hit on Hezbollah
The Independent says Israel has been accused of deadly mass malware attack as the devices Hezbollah uses ‘simultaneously burst into flames.’
Elsewhere, a large image of Victoria Derbyshire makes the front page as she backs the newspaper’s domestic abuse campaign.
Hezbollah pager explosions latest: Israel spy agency ‘planted explosives months before attack’
Israel’s spy agency Mossad planted explosives in thousands of pagers used by militia group Hezbollah months before they exploded, Lebanese security sources claimed.
Nine people were killed and nearly 3,000 were wounded after the handheld devices simultaneously detonated across Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday.
The same source claimed the beepers – believed to have been made by a Hungarian company with a licence to use Taiwan-based Gold Apollo’s brand – were modified “at the production level”.
A second security source claimed up to 3g of explosives were hidden in the devices that went “undetected” by Hezbollah for months.
The Iran-backed militant group has vowed to retaliate against Israel, whose military declined to comment on the blasts.
Hezbollah, which controls southern Lebanon, forms part of Iran’s so-called “axis of resistance”, which opposes Western and Israeli influence in the region.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 18 September 2024.
Wednesday’s front pages are heavily dominated by international news, with the latest from the Middle East featured as many of the leads. At least 9 people have died, and around 3000 people injured after pages belonging to Hezbollah members exploded across the country. Hezbollah blames Israel for the attack and says they will enact revenge.
Several front pages lead on domestic stories, with the backlash to the sentencing of Huw Edwards a popular topic. The former BBC presenter was handed a suspended sentence despite being found guilty of child sex images.