Hundreds of handheld pagers exploded in Lebanon and parts of Syria on Tuesday, killing several people, including members of the militant group Hezbollah, and wounding thousands, officials said. Hezbollah and government officials are saying Israel is responsible for the attack,

A Hezbollah official tells The Associated Press that “several hundred” people, including members of the group, were wounded in different parts of

Lebanon's Hezbollah was bracing for the risk of Israeli military escalation when its old foe struck a blow it hadn't seen coming, plunging the Iran-backed group into hours of unprecedented disarray, sources familiar with Hezbollah operations say.