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Israel's military said the rockets came in three waves Friday afternoon targeting sites along the ravaged border with Lebanon.

The officials say US did not get advance warning of the second wave of attacks, with walkie-talkie radios targeted Wednesday

Urges all concerned actors to exercise maximum restraint, recommit to full implementation of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006), return to cessation of hostilities to restore stability

Explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon in an apparent second wave of detonations of electronic devices

Taiwanese firm says pagers were manufactured by BAC Consulting KFT, based in Hungary's capital

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the blasts, which occurred just hours after Israel announced it was expanding its war objectives, initially sparked by Hamas attacks on October 7, to include fighting Hezbollah along the Lebanon border.

UN special coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, called the day's events "an extremely concerning escalation in an already unacceptably volatile context." She urged all parties to avoid further actions or aggressive rhetoric that could spark a broader conflict.

Hundreds of people were wounded in Beirut's suburbs and other parts of Lebanon after their handheld pagers exploded on Tuesday.

Decision comes in response to significant escalation of hostilities, with Hezbollah claiming responsibility for firing over 320 rockets at northern Israel

Soon afterwards, Hezbollah announced it had launched an attack on Israel with a "large number of drones" as an initial response to the killing of Fouad Shukur

Israeli Prime Minister says country ready for any scenario even as Jordan makes diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions

Tensions mount even as US rushes warships and fighter jets; Western governments urge their citizens to leave Lebanon

The event started at about 5.30 PM with cloudy weather and wonderful wind, and there were about 250 people participating in that divine and pious celebration.

Israel blames Hezbollah, but latter denies any role

Nasrallah reiterates that Hezbollah will support whatever decision is made by Hamas in its negotiations with Israel

UN says danger of miscalculation leading to sudden and wider conflagration is real, urges both sides to avoid escalation

Thousands of such fighters are already deployed in Syria and could easily slip through the porous and unmarked border

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu aggressive posturing is worrisome not just for the region but also for the world at large

Xinhua news agency reported that the rockets set off sirens in numerous communities across northern Israel's Upper Galilee.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fired dozens of rockets at a Galilee military site, sparking reprisal airstrikes across southern Lebanon.