Hezbollah Vows Continued Pro-Gaza Ops after Deadly Pager Explosions in Lebanon

The movement affirmed its commitment to continuing strikes against Israel in support of the Gaza Strip, which is suffering under a genocidal Israeli war.

The resistance group issued a statement on Wednesday, saying that the recent Israeli "atrocity" that led to casualties in Lebanon would only strengthen its resolve to persist in the "path of struggle and resistance."

"We are absolutely certain of victory," the statement declared.

This announcement followed a series of deadly pager explosions that occurred across Lebanon on Tuesday.

Lebanon’s Health Minister Firass Abiad said at least 12 people, including two children, had been killed in the Israeli terrorist attack.

Reports indicate that the explosions were caused by devices planted in the wireless communication equipment, which detonated in multiple locations.

Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad confirmed on Wednesday that at least 12 people, including two children, had been killed in the explosions.

Speaking at a press conference, Abiad added that nearly 3,000 others were injured in the attacks, with the casualties including both civilians and members of the resistance movement.

After reviewing the available evidence, Hezbollah blamed Israel for the attacks, holding it "fully responsible for this criminal aggression."

In its statement, Hezbollah reiterated its commitment to carrying out operations in support of Gaza and its people.

“The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon will continue, today as in all the past days, its blessed operations in support of Gaza, its people, and its resistance,” the group further said in its Wednesday statement.

The operations would also serve to “defend Lebanon, its people, and its sovereignty,” it added.

Hezbollah further emphasized that its ongoing actions in support of Gaza are "separate from the severe reckoning" that Israel would face for Tuesday's massacre.

"That reckoning is another matter and it is surely coming," the group said, expressing condolences to the victims of the explosions.

Social media was flooded with condemnation of the Israeli attack, accusing the Zionist regime of terrorism amid its ongoing genocidal war in Gaza, where the death toll has now surpassed 41,200.

Reports suggest that explosives had been placed in pagers produced by a European firm under a Taiwanese brand and shipped to Lebanon, dismissing theories that the devices were hacked.

"No one hacked the pagers. This is Israeli mumbo jumbo to make themselves look special," said British journalist Richard Medhurst on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

"Explosives were placed in the devices. There is a security issue somewhere in the supply chain," he added.

Medhurst echoed widespread sentiment that Israel sought to inflict maximum casualties on ordinary Lebanese citizens, not just Hezbollah members.

"If Israel was so certain these devices belonged to Hezbollah members, why didn’t they wait to detonate them during a war or major battle to gain an advantage?" he asked. "We call this terrorism."

US-based journalist Nathan Johnson also criticized the indiscriminate nature of the pager explosions, noting that it wasn’t solely aimed at Hezbollah members.

"Israel knew that detonating all the pagers would indiscriminately kill civilians because you have no idea where the person with the pager will be," Johnson wrote on X.

"Launching explosions in fruit markets and killing children is rightly called terrorism," he added, accusing Israel of valuing civilian lives too little to care about the consequences.

The Israeli onslaught in Gaza that began on October 7 has resulted in the deaths of more than 41,252 Palestinian civilians, predominantly women and children, and left 95,497 injured.

In response, Hezbollah has launched hundreds of strikes against Israel, both in solidarity with Gaza and in retaliation for the intensifying Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the beginning of the war.