A day later, a similar attack struck walkie-talkies. In total, the explosions killed at least 37 people and injured more than 3,000, many of them civilians. Israel is widely believed to be behind the blasts, although it has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility.

Israel's military said on Thursday it had struck hundreds of Hezbollah rocket launchers that had been targeted at Israel.

Hezbollah officials and Lebanon's state media say explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon. Officials said that walkie-talkies and even solar equipment detonated a day after hundreds of pagers blew up.

At least 20 people have been killed and more than 450 others wounded by a second wave of explosions from wireless communication devices in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says. Reports say a large number of walkie-talkies used by the armed group Hezbollah blew up in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut,

A Hezbollah official says walkie-talkies used by the group exploded as part of blasts heard across Beirut.

Lebanon was hit with a fresh wave of exploding telecommunications devices including walkie-talkies a day after 12 people were killed and thousands injured in a series of similar blasts.

Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV reported explosions in multiple areas of Lebanon, which it said were the result of walkie-talkies detonating.