Thousands of pagers exploded across Lebanon yesterday - reports say Israel's spy agency, Mossad, was targeting Hezbollah fighters.

A wave of deadly explosions across Lebanon and parts of Syria has targeted Hezbollah officials whose handheld pagers have blown up. One security source has described it as "an impressive attack" potentially involving compromised pagers "turned into remote bombs".

The Israeli intelligence agency has proved masterful at espionage and assassinations since its founding in 1949.

Since Hamas launched a new war with Israel on Oct. 7, the Lebanese militia Hezbollah has expressed solidarity with the Islamist Palestinian group through military action. It has fired missiles, mortars,

Exploding pagers killed at least 11 people in Lebanon on Tuesday, including an 8-year-old girl, and wounded about 2,800 others, health officials said. Hezbollah said it was the target of the attack and eight of its fighters were among the dead.