As dozens of walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon on Wednesday – a day after blasts targeting the pagers of Hezbollah members injured thousands – Israel said a “new era” of war was beginning, tacitly acknowledging its role in a shock operation that has pushed the region back to the brink of wider conflict.

Unprecedented attacks via pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members comes amid a growing consensus in Israel in favor of launching a war across the border into Lebanon. Meanwhile, the U.S.

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.