The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, admitted that his party received a "strong, large and unprecedented" blow with the explosions that hit the pagers and walkie-talkies.

Explosions rocked several Lebanese regions on Wednesday, killing and wounding dozens.

The New York Times revealed new details about the Israeli cyber attack that targeted leaders of the Lebanese Hezbollah, yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, by blowing up the automatic pagers they had in their possession, and led to the killing and wounding of a large number of them, in an operation that is the first of its kind in the world to be carried out in this electronic manner so far.

Eight people were killed and about 3,000 Hezbollah members were injured on Tuesday in southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut after the wireless communication devices (pagers) they were using exploded, in an operation that is likely to have been carried out by Israel.

Hundreds of Hezbollah members were seriously injured Tuesday in southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut after their wireless communication devices exploded, security sources said.

Lebanon's Hezbollah said it had launched a large-scale airstrike on Israel, while Israel said it had launched extensive strikes in southern Lebanon to prevent a "major attack" by Hezbollah.