Over two days, pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah detonated, wounding and even crippling some fighters, but also maiming civilians connected to the group’s social branches and killing at least two children.

For years Hezbollah was seen as the world’s premiere non-state actor: the well-equipped, well-trained, well-led, highly disciplined and secretive jewel in the crown of Iran’s allies across the Middle East.

Hezbollah fired into northern Israel, continuing exchanges with the Israeli military. Earlier, hundreds of Hezbollah's electronic devices exploded in Lebanon, killing 37 and wounding 3,000. The attacks are part of Israel's strategy against Hezbollah.