EU’s Borrell condemns pager attacks on Lebanon that risk escalation

The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, condemned on Wednesday the recent explosion of pager communication devices and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah, which the Lebanese Resistance group has attributed to "Israel". Lebanon's Ministry of Health reported that at least 20 people were killed and more than 450 injured in Wednesday's second wave of Israeli electronic attacks. "Even if the attacks seem to have been targeted, they had heavy, indiscriminate collateral damages among civilians, including children among the victims," Borrell indicated. "I consider this situation extremely worrying. I can only condemn these attacks that endanger the security and stability of Lebanon, and increase the risk of escalation in the region," he warned. The top diplomat also emphasized that the "European Union calls on all stakeholders to avert an all-out war, which would have heavy consequences for the entire region and beyond." Following the first wave of electronic attacks on Tuesday, which killed at least 12 people and injured between 2,750 and 2,800 others, Hezbollah vowed retaliation against "the massacre" that "Israel" committed.--agencies Source: National news agency - Lebanon