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- ↑ "Lebanon tensions ease as Shi'ite officials visit Christian area". Reuters. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ↑ "Live Updates: Pagers Explode Across Lebanon in Apparent Attack on Hezbollah". The New York Times. September 17, 2024.
- ↑ "Chaotic scenes from Lebanon after thousands of hand-held devices explode". Reuters . 19 September 2024.
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