When streams of bloodied people converged on Lebanon's hospitals on Tuesday, it was a test of whether the crisis-hit health sector could cope with a mass casualty event like what could be expected in a wider war with Israel.

The Israeli Air Force launched renewed attacks on Lebanon on Thursday, as tensions run high following the waves of coordinated blasts involving Lebanese electronic devices widely attributed to Israel.

TAIPEI: Two people from Taiwan companies were questioned as part of a probe into pagers that exploded while being used by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, investigators said on Friday (Sep 20), as top