The death toll from two waves of wireless communication device explosions in Lebanon stood at 32 and thousands were injured, Anadolu Agency reports citing Lebanese Health Minister Firas Al-Abiad.
Thousands of pagers exploded in the capital Beirut and several areas across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing 12 people, including two children, and injuring 2,800 others. A second way of device blasts killed 20 people and injured 450 others on Wednesday.
"The explosions showed the unity of the Lebanese people in all areas in the face of the incident," Al-Abiad told a press conference in Beirut.
He said hundreds of doctors and medics rushed to provide help to the victims of the blasts.
The health minister said that several Arab countries also offered medical aid to Lebanon following the explosions.
Lebanese group Hezbollah accused Israel of being behind the device explosions and vowed retaliation.
