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Lebanon pager attacks push Hezbollah and Israel to brink of all-out war

By Tarek Abou Jaoude, Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Queen's University Belfast

When hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon exploded almost simultaneously on September 17, it began a series of unprecedented events in the Middle East. Twelve people were killed and over 2,000 wounded.

A second wave of explosions took place the following day, this time through walkie-talkies. The explosions killed a further 20 people…

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