For millions of Lebanese, this week's mass explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies, with its bloody aftermath, is painfully similar to the horrific explosion four years ago of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrates that tore through Beirut's port,

Israel said it struck hundreds of targets in Lebanon, hours after Hezbollah’s leader vowed to retaliate for two “unprecedented” rounds of attacks targeting its operatives’ communication devices. Israel has not commented on the explosion of thousands of Hezbollah pagers and radios,