“New era of war beginning” Israel says as Hezbollah devices explode across Lebanon k!lling 20 and injuring 450

Israel said a “new era” of war was beginning Wednesday, partially acknowledging its role in shock double attacks targeting Hezbollah this week.

Almost exactly 24 hours after explosions targeting the pagers of Hezbollah members killed multiple people, including children, and injured more than 2,800, Lebanon was rocked by more deadly blasts as walkie-talkies, phones, solar panels and radios detonated in Beirut and in the south of the country targeting Hezbollah members.

At least 20 people were killed and 450 were wounded in Wednesday’s second wave of blasts, according to Lebanese officials but Jerusalem believes the death toll to be higher than reported, with Hezbollah’s elite Radwan unit hit hard by the two days of attacks.

At least one of the blasts on Wednesday took place at a funeral organized by Iran-backed Hezbollah for some of the 12 people killed in the pager explosion attack on Tuesday.

A witness of AP news in the southern coastal city of Sidon saw a car and a mobile phone shop that was damaged by devices exploding inside of them.

“A number of walkie-talkies exploded in Beirut’s southern suburbs,” a source told Reuters, with Hezbollah-affiliated rescuers confirming devices had exploded inside two cars in the area.