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I'm Daily Wire Editor and Chief John Vickley with Georgia Howe.

It's Tuesday, September 17th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.

Thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon exploded simultaneously today, injuring

over 2,700 people and killing at least eight. Daily Wire managing editor Tim Rice has the

latest.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Iranian-backed group

recently received the pagers, with suspected malware causing the devices

to overheat and detonate.

Videos online show the moments when the explosions occurred in Lebanon and Syria, where

Hezbollah operates.

This incident follows a year of escalating tensions, including thousands of rocket attacks

by Hezbollah against Israel.

According to R.E.A. Lightstone, former senior advisor to the US Ambassador to Israel,

those tensions have reached a new level with this attack.

This is potentially a crippling attack on their leadership that they require for the response

and we don't know that information yet.

And it is unlikely that Israel has fired its best shop.

So Hezbollah must be anticipating if they fire back further,

what can Israel do that would be worse than this? And that becomes the delicate balance that is really

taking place since October 8th.

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