French President Emmanuel Macron held phone calls with top political and military leaders from Lebanon as well as a separate call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging restraint after a wave of explosions of pagers and radio devices.

French President Emmanuel Macron urged restraint in the Middle East after a series of deadly explosions in Lebanon involving pager devices. Macron held separate calls with Lebanese political and military leaders, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to prevent further escalation amid rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel.

French President Emmanuel Macron held emergency phone calls with Lebanon's top political and military leaders and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He urged restraint following explosions involving pagers and radio devices,

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

After deadly pager explosions, now reports are emerging of a fresh wave of explosions in walkie-talkies across Lebanon’s south and the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut. At least 20 people were killed and over 450 injured in Lebanon after hand-held radios or walkie-talkies used by militant group Hezbollah exploded in multiple parts of the country.

Hand-held radios used by militant group Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon's south in the country's deadliest day since cross-border fighting erupted between the militants and Israel nearly a year ago,