Lebanese authorities on Thursday banned walkie-talkies and pagers from being taken on flights from Beirut airport, the National News Agency reported after thousands of such devices exploded during deadly attacks on Hezbollah this week.

Beirut: After the wave of pagers and walkie-talkies explosions in Lebanon’s capital city Beirut, the Civil Aviation authorities of Lebanon have banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all the flights departing from Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport.

The Lebanese civilian aviation directorate asked airlines operating from Beirut to tell passengers that walkie-talkies and pagers were banned until further notice. Such devices we

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.

A preliminary investigation by Lebanese authorities into the communications devices that blew up in Lebanon this week found that they were implanted with explosives before arriving in the country, according to a letter sent to the U.

Explosions were reported in southern Lebanon, including the city of Sidon, as well as Beirut's southern suburbs and the Bekaa Valley At least 20 people have been killed and more than 450 wounded by a second wave of explosions from wireless communication devices in Lebanon,