Daily Express – Walkie-talkie blasts in second wave of attacks
The Daily Express leads on a second wave of attacks in Lebanon after booby-trapped walkie-talkies exploded.
The paper features an image of a vehicle on fire in Beirut saying radios, home solar systems and security locks also burst into flames during yesterday’s attack. A journalist in Lebanon said “Beirut has collapsed into panic” as emergency services are overwhelmed with injured people.
Panic in Lebanon as locals ‘fear Israel will blow up their fridges’ next
Panic has spread across the capital of Lebanon, Beirut, as people fear that a number of objects could explode following the devastating pager attacks this week.
It has been reported that people in Beirut fear that things like fridges and solar panels could blow up as part of an Israeli attack.
On Tuesday, 12 were killed and 2,800 were left injured after pagers used by Hezbollah operatives exploded.
Then, on Wednesday, a further 20 were killed when the same happened to walkie-talkies.
The attacks were targeted at Hezbollah personnel, but civilians such as young children and healthcare workers were also among the dead.
Now panic is spreading on the streets in Beirut as emergency services are overwhelmed by the amount of wounded people.
Reporting for the Daily Mail, Hassan Harfoush said: “As a journalist based in Lebanon, I have covered any number of conflicts and seen too many dead bodies.
James Cleverly blames ‘arrogant’ Keir Starmer for death of migrants drowning in Channel
Sir Keir Starmer is to blame for the deaths of 29 migrants who drowned crossing the English Channel since he took power, James Cleverly has said.
The Shadow Home Secretary accused the Prime Minister of “arrogance and complacency” over the small boats crisis and claimed he had prioritised empty slogans over people’s lives.
Mr Cleverly said Sir Keir had been warned repeatedly that a deterrent was a vital piece of the jigsaw when it comes to breaking the people smuggling trade.
Speaking to the Express, the Conservative Party leadership contender said: “Unsurprisingly small boat arrivals are going up and up and up and also, sadly, the number of people dying in the Channel is increasing alarmingly and this is a direct result of their arrogance and ineptitude.
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Editorial 19 September 2024.
Thursday’s front pages continue to be dominated by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. Electronic pagers across Lebanon exploded simultaneously on Sept. 17, 2024, killing 12 and wounding more than 2,700. The following day, another wave of explosions in the country came from detonating walkie-talkies. The attacks appeared to target members of the militant group Hezbollah.
Israel has yet to comment on the attack but on Wednesday Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declared that the conflict had entered “a new phase.”