'It's a mass assassination attempt': LBC callers react to pager attacks in Lebanon

With Israel Israel declaring a 'new phase of war' as at least '14' more were killed in the second day of deadly explosions in Lebanon, James O'Brien hears from these callers.

0:51 James O'Brien questions caller Michael after he says the exploding pagers were 'probably the largest act of international terrorism that's ever existed', and a 'mass assassination attempt'.

4:40 - James hears from caller John, who says 'there's people in Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet who would like to see the cleansing of all the arab people from the river to the sea'.

13:02 - Caller David tells James: 'My cousin's son was murdered on October 7th... but I just can't justify the killing of children and innocents - whoever is doing it.'

This comes after Hezbollah vowed retaliation after pagers and hand-held walkie-talkies exploded leaving dozens dead and thousands injured.

Israel is being blamed for the fatal attack, with reports suggesting the devices belonged to members of Hezbollah were modified "at a production level".

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