John Kirby denies US involvement in Lebanon device attacks: ‘We want to see the war end’
National Security communications adviser John Kirby shot down multiple questions Wednesday about possible U.S. involvement in the explosion of hundreds of electronic devices used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon.
“We were not involved in [Tuesday’s] incidents or [Wednesday’s] in any way. And I don’t have anything more to share,” Kirby said when asked to respond to the attacks.
Kirby’s comments came hours after several blasts were heard around Lebanon’s capital of Beirut and other parts of the country. Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV reported the explosions were the result of walkie-talkies detonating.
National Security communications adviser John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C, Wednesday. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
At least nine people were killed and another 300 were wounded in Wednesday’s attack, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
The explosions came just a day after pagers used by hundreds of Hezbollah members exploded throughout Lebanon and parts of Syria, killing at least 12 people – including two children – and wounding thousands more.
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Both attacks are widely believed to have been the work of Israel, which has been fighting with Hezbollah almost daily
