Death toll rises to 12 in Lebanon pager blasts
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People gather outside American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) as more than 1,000 people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, according to a security source, in
DUBAI (Reuters) - The death toll from exploding pagers in Lebanon rose to 12 including two children, Lebanese health Minister Firass Abiad said on Wednesday.
Hezbollah and the Lebanese government have accused Israel of responsibility for explosions of hundreds of pagers. Israel has not commented on whether it was to blame.
(Reporting by Jana Choukeir; Editing by Peter Graff)
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