Families of victims injured by the recent explosion of handheld pagers wait anxiously at the emergency entrance of the American University Hospital, seeking updates on their loved ones after the tragic incident that shook the community.

For millions of Lebanese, this week's mass explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies, with its bloody aftermath, is painfully similar to the horrific explosion four years ago of haphazardly stored ammoni

Parents kept their children away from schools and universities, fearing more exploding devices. One woman said she disconnected her baby monitor and other household appliances.

Walkie-talkies and solar equipment exploded in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Wednesday in an apparent second wave of attacks targeting devices a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, state media and officials for the militant group said.

Lebanon’s health ministry said Wednesday that at least 20 people were killed and 450 others wounded by exploding electronic devices in multiple regions of the country. The explosions came a day after an apparent Israeli attack targeting pagers used by Hezbollah killed at least 12 and wounded nearly 3,

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

A second wave of device explosions hit Lebanon on Wednesday, killing 14, injuring 450 others and igniting blazes across the country a day after hundreds of pagers belonging to Hezbollah members detonated in an unprecedented attack on the militant group.