Between 17 and 18 September 2024, the Lebanese capital Beirut, as well as the southern and eastern part of Lebanon, suffered successive explosions of search engines and communications equipment, resulting in significant casualties.

Recently, a victim in Beirut receivedHeadquarters reporterThe interview describes the impact and impact that the incident has had on him.

Preparing for the wedding.

Suddenly attacked by pager explosion

Chadi, a 29-year-old Lebanese who lives in southern Beirut, is an ordinary computer technician. A year ago, the explosion of communications equipment radically changed his fate and the fate of many. On the afternoon of September 17, 2024, he was preparing for a wedding at home with his fiancée, only a few days away from his wedding.

The victim of the search engine explosion Chadi:I saw a message on the search engine that read, ¡°Error occurs, press the up and down arrow and then point fix.¡±

Chadi followed the message, and a few seconds later the pager exploded. He recalled that the sound of Israeli drones came in the sky on the southern suburbs of Beirut that day, and he thought he had been attacked by an Israeli air strike.

The victim of the search engine explosion Chadi:I was very painful and felt like I was hit on my face by a hard stuff, not a football, but like a bowling ball was hit on my face. In that moment, I began to feel dizzy and shocked. I sat paralyzed on the ground until I understood what was happening. I raised my left hand and found my fingers broken.

Information before the explosion.

Causing serious facial injury

On September 17 and 18, 2024, in the face of the sudden influx of thousands of injured people, hospitals in the capital Beirut, the eastern Bekaa Valley and the south fell into chaos. The Lebanese health sector was overwhelmed, and most of the victims' eyes, hands and legs were injured. Many victims said that before the pager exploded, they received messages, which led them to hold the pager in their hands and close to their faces.

Now Chadi is completely blind with both eyes, hand disabilities and hearing impairments.After a year of treatment and rehabilitation, he began to study a doctorate in computer science.

The victim of the search engine explosion Chadi:A person who has been able to see things for 28 years and is now blind. Difficulty exists. I have to start from the bottom and try to overcome the difficulties. So I started to continue my studies with my mobile phone and laptop. We love life, we want to continue to develop, we want to build a strong and united nation, a strong and elegant society. This is the greatest momentum for continuing. Despite the difficulties and challenges we will continue to move forward.

Although the search engine explosions have been around for a year, the people who live here do not know when the communication tools in their hands will explode, nor do they know when the streets, communities and buildings in which they live will be hit by the Israeli airstrikes, and they can not predict how long such a life will last.