Lebanon is rocked again by exploding devices as Israel declares a 'new phase' of war

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00:00Multiple explosions occur for a second day running, across the south of Lebanon and in

00:06the southern suburbs of Beirut.

00:08This time reportedly from walkie-talkies detonating.

00:13At least one of the blasts occurred at the funeral of three Hezbollah members and a child

00:17killed by the exploding pagers the day before.

00:21Hezbollah has vowed revenge on Israel for Tuesday's attack, which killed a dozen people

00:26and wounded thousands, overwhelming hospitals in Hezbollah strongholds.

00:32Whoever saw the injured arriving at the emergency room knows that they were not all young men.

00:38We saw children, elderly people, and this shows that a lot of these pagers were in homes.

00:44Children could have been playing with them.

00:46UN officials said Wednesday that civilian objects should not be weaponized.

00:50Simultaneous targeting of thousands of individuals without knowledge as to who was in possession

00:55of the targeted devices, their location and their surroundings at the time of the attack

01:00violates international human rights law.

01:03Those who ordered and carried out such an attack must be held to account.

01:07While Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of serious risk of further escalation between

01:12Israel and Hezbollah.

01:14The logic of making all these devices explode is to do it as a pre-emptive strike before

01:22a major military operation.

01:26Everything must be done to avoid that escalation.

01:30Before Wednesday's blasts, Hezbollah officials described Tuesday's attack as the most serious

01:34security breach in the history of the group.

01:38Experts said Israeli operatives had likely planted explosives on the paging devices before

01:42they were delivered to Hezbollah.

01:44The second wave of exploding devices Wednesday suggested even greater infiltration into Lebanon's

01:50supply chain.

01:52Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is due to give a televised address on Thursday.

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