Hezbollah said it holds Israel ?fully responsible? for pager explosions across Lebanon, which killed at least nine people and wounded 2,750 others, including a young girl. At least 200 of the wounded are in critical condition.

Israel declined to comment on the detonations. The simultaneous explosions came less than 24 hours after the Israeli cabinet expanded goals for the war on Gaza to include returning residents displaced by Hezbollah?s attacks in northern Israel to their homes.

In the Gaza Strip, at least eight Palestinians were killed and 80 more were feared dead under the rubble following an Israeli attack on the Bureij refugee camp. Medics said at least 22 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the enclave on Tuesday.

At least 41,252 people have been killed and 95,497 wounded in Israel?s war on Gaza. In Israel, the number of those killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 was at least 1,139 while more than 200 people were taken captive.

Meanwhile, The Lebanese armed group has issued a defiant statement, saying the deadly pager explosions only increase its determination to press on with its operations against Israel.

?The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon extends its highest congratulations and warmest condolences to the families of the honourable martyrs who died yesterday, Tuesday, whether on the southern front in Blida and Majdal Silm, or the martyrs who died in the treacherous and widespread aggression through the bombing of communication devices,? the statement said.

?The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon will continue today, as in all the past days, its blessed operations to support Gaza, its people, and its resistance, and to defend Lebanon, its people, and its sovereignty. This path is continuous and separate from the difficult reckoning that the criminal enemy must await for its massacre on Tuesday that it committed against our people, our families, and our mujahideen in Lebanon. This is another reckoning that will come, God willing.?

It added: ?What happened yesterday will increase our determination and resolve to continue on the path of jihad and resistance, and we are absolutely certain of God Almighty?s promise to the faithful, patient mujahideen of victory, God willing.? (Al Jazeera)

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