Video: Moment walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon during funeral for pager blasts victims

Video circulating online shows the moment when a new wave of "mysterious" device explosions took place on Wednesday in cities across Lebanon, killing nine people and injuring more than 300, according to the Lebanese health ministry. This comes a day after the pagers used by Hezbollah members blew up, killing 12 and wounding 2,800 in an attack blamed on Israel.

The videos show people in Beirut's southern suburb participating in a funeral procession for the Hezbollah fighters and children who lost their lives on Tuesday.
During the funeral, an explosion took place on the body of a Hezbollah member, causing him to fall to the ground and prompting the surrounding crowd to flee in panic, as reported by The Guardian.

A senior security source told AFP that the individual explosions as "small in size", similar to the attacks that occurred on Tuesday, adding that "a number of walkie-talkies exploded in Beirut's southern suburbs."

Following the initial series of blasts on Tuesday, the Iran-backed group accused Israel of responsibility and pledged retaliation, heightening concerns of a full-scale conflict in the region.

In the eastern Bekaa valley town of Sohmor, three people lost their lives when devices detonated, according to the state-run National News Agency.

According to AFP, a hospital source in Baalbek, a city in the eastern part of the country, the detonation of walkie-talkies resulted in the injury of 15 individuals.

Rescuers affiliated with Hezbollah confirmed that devices had exploded inside two vehicles in the area. "A number of walkie-talkies exploded in Beirut's southern suburbs," the AFP sources said.

The state run agency NNA said that "pagers" and "devices" had also detonated in Hezbollah strongholds in the eastern and southern regions of the country.

The health ministry said that the explosions, described as "a new wave of walkie-talkie blasts", left "more than 300 wounded".