Malaysia condemns attack using comms devices in Lebanon, says Anwar

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Malaysia deplores the recent attacks on pagers and communication devices in Lebanon which were believed to have been orchestrated by Israel.  Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who hit out at the attack, also described it as a very inhuman act.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/zk4Ij  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Malaysia deplores attacks on pagers and communication devices in Lebanon.

00:08Prime Minister Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim told reporters after performing Friday prayers

00:13at a mosque in Selangor that the attacks were inhumane.

00:17The reality has been exposed by foreign media,

00:20condemning the attacks against supplies from Israel using pagers.

00:29And the meaning of the whole people who use it will be affected.

00:35So, at the very least, we are concerned about hygiene.

00:37It is not an army force and so on.

00:42Women, children.

00:44This is a big area.

00:47Lebanese media reports said at least 37 people were killed

00:51and thousands more injured in explosions in areas considered strongholds

00:55of the Hezbollah group on Tuesday and Wednesday.

00:58Communication devices, including pagers and walkie-talkies,

01:02detonated during the attacks.

01:04Hezbollah accused Israel in the attacks,

01:07saying that Israel had violated the red lines.

01:10What happened on the third and fourth day?

01:13On the third day, I would like to describe it in short.

01:20Thousands of pager devices were targeted by the Israeli enemy

01:26and detonated at the same time.

01:28The enemy exceeded all the standards, laws and red lines in this operation.

01:36World Health Organization said the attacks on civilians

01:39had seriously disrupted Lebanon's fragile health sector.

01:43This was an unprecedented event.

01:45It came without warning.

01:46And the whole health system came under immense pressure,

01:50very, very quickly.

01:52These events are always a tragedy,

01:53but they're a worse tragedy if you don't get the response right.

01:57You know, what happened for the last two days, actually,

01:59was unprecedented incidents, the explosion of different gadgets.

02:04And it's been used, not the normal explosion materials,

02:07it's been used different.

02:08We're trying to study more exactly what happened, how it happened,

02:12what kind of material is being used and how it's affected

02:15the people that have already been wounded,

02:16which is over 3,000 people and also 37 people have died so far.

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