Lebanon’s health minister says 8 killed, 2,750 wounded by exploding pagers

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Nine killed, 2,750 wounded across Lebanon as Hezbollah pagers explode
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Where were the explosives then? One central place?

In pagers explicitly for receiving messages from a Hezbollah controlled network. About the only thing more direct would be putting more explosives in the rockets, but that would cause significantly more collateral damage.