Hezbollah admits Israel dealt a severe blow with exploding pagers and walkie talkies, but neither side seems to heed U.S. calls to avoid a wider war.

Israel’s government is in turmoil and the United States is trying to head off a wider conflict in Lebanon, leaving officials to wonder about the timing of the attack.

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,