The United States denies involvement in the explosion of locators in Lebanon and Syria

WORLD.- The United States assured this Tuesday that was not involved in the explosion of hundreds of personal search devices in the hands of Hezbollah members which caused the death of at least nine people and injured another 2,800 in various parts of Lebanon.

“The United States was not involved,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said at a press conference.

The spokesperson assured that the United States He also had no prior knowledge of the incident. and avoided pointing out that Israel was responsible for the attack, despite the fact that the Lebanese authorities and the Shiite group Hezbollah, an ally of Iran, have attributed responsibility to the Jewish State, which remains silent on the matter.

🇺🇲🇮🇱💥🇱🇧 State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says the United States was not involved in the pager incidents in Lebanon. The US was not informed, he said.
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It is common for Israeli authorities to maintain a policy of ambiguity when incidents of this type occur. The country has never acknowledged the assassination in Tehran of the then political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyehin an attack in late July that Iran attributes to Israel.

Pentagon spokespersons, Brigadier General Patrick Ryder, and State Department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, also stated in press conferences that Washington was not involved and that they are collecting information.

All Administration spokespersons refused to speculate on the possible repercussions that this incident may have in the Middle East, where tension is already high due to the war in Gaza.

Beeper locators explode in Lebanon and Syria

Around 3:30 p.m. this Tuesday, a large number of beeper locators in the hands of members of Hezbollah they exploded simultaneously in several parts of Lebanon, mainly in the south of the country and the southern suburbs of Beirut, controlled by the Shiite formation.

The event caused the death of nine peopleincluding a child and at least two members of Hezbollah, and injured more than 2,800 people, according to the latest balance provided by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights assured that some members of the movement were also injured in Syrian territory, where it is present as an ally of Damascus and where the NGO has recorded some incidents of pager explosions.

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