Lebanon has banned walkie-talkies and pagers from flights departing Beirut airport. The decision, announced on Thursday, was made after walkie-talkies and pagers, reportedly used by Hezbollah members,

The action by the Qatar Airways follows walkie-talkies and pager explosions in Lebanon that resulted in devastating consequences. The death toll from Wednesday's blasts in Lebanon rose to 25, the country's health minister Firass Abiad said on Thursday during a press conference.

A debate has broken out in the U.S. over whether the attacks on Hezbollah members' pagers and walkie-talkies violate international law, and here is what we know so far. Two consecutive attacks on Hezbollah using exploding pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon and Syria killed at least 12 people,