Lebanon health minister says death toll in Hezbollah walkie-talkie blasts at 25

The death toll from yesterday’s blasts in Lebanon rose to 25, the country’s health minister Firass Abiad says during a press conference, echoing the number given by the Hezbollah of the number of members killed in the attack, Report informs via The Times of Israel.

Handheld radios used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon yesterday. The previous day, at least 12 were killed and 2,800 wounded when their pagers spontaneously exploded in a coordinated assault widely blamed on Israel.