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IED event in Baalbek, Saraain area, Lebanon on Tue 17th September 2024

17th September 2024

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Hezbollah member, son of terror group MP, said killed in pager explosion; girl also killed

A Hezbollah member, the son of a Hezbollah parliament member, has been killed by an exploding pager, two security sources tell Reuters.

Reports name the MP as Ali Ammar.

Separately, a young girl was killed in northeastern Lebanon’s Baalbek District, according to Lebanese media.

The reports name her as 9-year-old Fatima Jaafar Abdullah.

According to Lebanese media, the pager had exploded in her parents’ home, in the village of Saraain.

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Baalbek ( Saraain area )

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