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Today, the dust has not settled after a wave of pager explosions across Lebanon.

Local media reports say the pagers simultaneously exploded across the country after being hacked by Israel.

Reports indicate that U.S. officials have confirmed Israel was responsible for the attacks,

to which Hezbollah has vowed to respond with their punishment.

So how did it happen?

I'm Malika Bilalal and this is the take.

Joining me is Justin Salhani, an Al Jazeera journalist based in Beirut.

I spoke to him on Wednesday afternoon.

Justin, thank you for joining the take, especially on such a busy time. As we speak, there are

reports of new explosions going off in Lebanon. Paint a picture for me of what's happened there

over the past 24 hours, because videos show these sudden blasts

going off in grocery stores, a market, a convenience store, what's been happening in the streets

and the hospitals? What have you seen? I mean, the initial attacks caused just kind of chaos and panic.

I had a friend tell me that he got a phone call and somebody told him, you know, panicked

that people are shooting and they don't know where from

and they're hitting random targets.

So at first it wasn't super clear,

and then, you know, as the news started to roll out,

it became evident that these were pagers.

As Bala has called it,

one of the biggest security breaches since the group was formed.

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