Growing Fear of War Follows 2 Days of Device Blasts in Lebanon

Israel is bolstering its forces in the north and says it will do what it must to return evacuated residents home.

People gather outside a hospital in Baalbek in east Lebanon after communication devices exploded for a second day in Hezbollah strongholds in the country, on September 18, 2024. Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images

Two waves of device explosions in Lebanon over consecutive days have led to fears of an escalation to war in the Middle East.

In Cairo, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed his frustration that the detonations of thousands of Hezbollah members’ pagers would derail efforts to broker a cease-fire between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza.