Lebanon Rocked By Radio Explosion Of Genggam Walkie Talkie After Pager Explosion, Militant Hezbollah Removes Battery

UNSPLASH/Jack ILLUSTRATION Lucas Smith

JAKARTA - The handheld radio used by Hezbollah was detonated across southern Lebanon and on the outskirts of Beirut. The explosion occurred a day after the explosion of the pager.

Lebanese Ministry of Health said the initial death toll was one person dead and more than 100 injured. Earlier state news agency reported three people were killed.

It was reported that one explosion occurred near the funeral carried out by Hezbollah for the victim who died as a result of the explosion of the pager.

Reuters reporters on the southern outskirts of Beirut said they were looking at Hezbollah members panicked releasing an unexploded walkie-talkie battery, and throwing its parts into a metal barrel around them.

The Lebanese Red Cross said in X it responded with 30 ambulance teams to several explosions in various areas.

An exploding walkie-talkie image examined by Reuters shows the inner panel labeled "ICOM" and "Japanese-made".

According to its website, ICOM is a radio and telephone communication company based in Japan.

The company said the production of several ICOM handheld radio models had been halted, including the IC-V82, which appears to be very similar to images taken from Lebanon on Wednesday, September 18 and halted in stages in 2014.