— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: The Lebanese government has suspended studies in schools, institutes and universities for tomorrow, on Wednesday the 18th of September.

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: Netanyahu cancels his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York on September 27

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: U.S. Department of State: 'Washington had no involvement in explosions of communication devices, and is actively working to gather information through diplomatic and other channels.

The official position of the United States remains focused on advocating for a diplomatic solution between Lebanon and Israel.'

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🇬🇧🇩🇪🇮🇱⚡️- Lufthansa and British Airways announce the cancellation of all flights to Israel starting tomorrow

I'm wondering something.

Supposedly, all of these pagers were rigged before distribution to Hezbollah by an intermediary. For example, some Lebanese distributor bought them from Taiwan and Hezbollah bought them off him.

Now, we know that all of the pagers exploded at the same time.

I'm wondering if there's any room / storage facility inside Lebanon that stores these things. That would have caused a large scale explosion at the storage site due to many pagers being in the same place. In all likelihood, Hezbollah now knows the location where they were stored before distribution.

Which would lead back to the intermediary. And possibly those above him. It would reveal some connections.

— 🇹🇼 NEW: Gold Apollo's founder Hsu Ching-Kuang says the pagers were manufactured by 'a company in Europe' that had the right to use the their brand name, not in Taiwan.

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— 🇮🇶/🇱🇧 NEW: Kata'eb Hezbollah, one of the main factions of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, has sent medical units to Lebanon.

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— 🇹🇼/🇭🇺 UPDATE: The company has released a statement naming BAC Consulting, located in Budapest, Hungary, as the manufacturer of the pagers.

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— 🇮🇷/🇱🇧 NEW: A team of doctors, nurses, and paramedics from the Iranian Red Crescent has arrived in Lebanon.

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— 🇮🇷/🇷🇺 NEW: Russian Air Force Tu-154M from Chkalovskiy Air Base landed in Tehran

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— 🇷🇺/🇱🇧 Russian Foreign Ministry: 'The attack on communications devices in Lebanon is a comprehensive act of war and aims to provoke a major war in the region'

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— 🇮🇷/🇱🇧 NEW: The Iranian Embassy in Beirut issues a statement, debunking rumors that the embassador has injuries to his eyes, saying that he is doing well and only received superficial injuries

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— 🇧🇪/🇱🇧 NEW: Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium Petra De Sutter: 'I strongly condemn the massive terror attack in Lebanon and Syria. An international investigation is called for.'

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— 🇮🇷/🇱🇧 NEW: The Head of Iran's Red Crescent is present in Beirut, after an Iranian plane landed carrying nurses, doctors, surgeons and emergency workers

Chief of the Red Crescent, Pir-Hossein Kolivand: 'The Iranian Red Crescent stands with all its strength by the side of the injured in the terrorist incident in Lebanon.

With the coordination of the Red Cross and the Ministry of Health of Lebanon and in line with humanitarian aid, we brought rescue teams and eye surgeons to Lebanon so that we can relieve the pain of the injured in this terrorist incident.

If necessary, we are ready to transfer the critically injured people to Iran for further treatment.'

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Israel is moving its 98th 'Ha-Esh' Paratroopers Division from Gaza to the border with Lebanon – Kann

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— Several years ago, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei ordered all Iranian military communications to be domestically produced.

Thankfully, this happened, and all pagers currently used by the IRGC / Artesh are Iranian-made. The Leader said we should not rely on 'foreign information infrastructure.'

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: The Israeli military confirms that 4 IDF soldiers were killed and 5 were injured in an ambush in Rafah yesterday.

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— 🇱🇧 Lebanon Health Ministry: The number of wounded in Beirut and its suburbs is 1,850, 750 in the south, and 150 in the Beqaa valley

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— 🇮🇷/🇱🇧 NEW: Two more planes carrying Iranian doctors and specialised surgeons are headed for Lebanon

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— 🇮🇱/🇯🇴 Jordan Foreign Ministry: 'The peace agreement between Jordan and Israel serves the interest of Palestine, and Jordan has been one of the most helpful countries to Palestine in the entire region'

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