The death toll from the latest blasts in Lebanon has risen from nine to 14 people, with more than 450 others wounded, Lebanon's health ministry says.
This is in addition to the 12 people killed, and almost 3,000 injured, after the pager blasts on Tuesday.
Hezbollah continues to blame Israel. Neither Israel nor its military has said a word about the communication device blasts.
However, a short time ago, Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant said the country was opening a "new phase in the war", and the "centre of gravity" is shifting towards the north - where Israel borders Lebanon.
Multiple sources say Mossad, the Israeli spy agency, was targeting Hezbollah fighters in Tuesday's explosions - Israel declined to comment.
However, Israel's defence minister says they are "opening a new phase in the war", and the "centre of gravity is shifting to the north"
Hezbollah used pagers after banning mobile phones earlier this year, saying they were too easy to track.
UN secretary general 'deeply alarmed' by blasts
Antonio Guterres is "deeply alarmed" by reports of exploding communication devices in Lebanon and Syria, the UN secretary general's spokesperson says.
"The secretary general urges all concerned actors to exercise maximum restraint to avert any further escalation," Stéphane Dujarric adds, noting that Guterres is calling for an immediate "return to a cessation of hostilities to restore stability".
He was himself speaking to reporters earlier today - around the time the first reports came through of fresh explosions in Lebanon - and he warned then that the pager blasts indicate there is a "serious risk of a dramatic escalation in Lebanon".
"The logic of making all these devices explode is to do it as a pre-emptive strike before a major military operation," Guterres said.
