Iran treated 500 Hezbollah members injured in Lebanon pager explosions

Jan 5, 2025, 11:53 GMT

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian visits one of the victims injured by pager explosions across Lebanon, in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, September 20, 2024.

Iran's Red Crescent Society announced on Sunday that 500 of the 700 critically injured victims of Israel's September 2024 pager explosions in Lebanon were transported to Iran for medical care.

Pirhossein Kolivand added that 1,260 surgeries were performed with an 85% success rate.

The Israeli operation targeted thousands of pagers and hundreds of walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least 32 people and injuring over 3,250.