Tel Aviv | Hezbollah vowed retribution against Israel for a sophisticated attack that detonated thousands of pagers carried by the militia’s members simultaneously and remotely across Lebanon, killing at least 11 people and wounding thousands more.

A day after Israeli officials said they were ready to step up attacks against the Iranian-backed militia, the pagers exploded on footpaths and in supermarkets, at homes and inside cars in Lebanon, plunging Beirut into widespread panic. Witnesses reported smoke coming from pants pockets before loud bangs knocked people off their feet. Hezbollah said at least eight of its fighters had been killed.

AP