The wider implications of attacks in Lebanon
In Lebanon, people’s personal communications devices exploded for a second day.
Lebanese officials say more than 30 people have been killed and hundreds injured. Israel has privately acknowledged responsibility for the attack.
Host Peter O’Dowd speaks with Here & Now security analyst Jim Walsh of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Security Studies program about the implications of the attacks.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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