Deadly device blasts across Lebanon this week broadly believed to have been orchestrated by Israel have sparked concern and even outright condemnation from much of the international community, putting the Biden administration in a delicate position as it seeks to avoid a broader war in the Middle East.More than 48 hours have passed since electronic devices -- pagers and walkie-talkies -- distributed to members of the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hezbollah began exploding en masse, killing at least 37 people and wounding 2,931 others, Lebanese officials said.But the Biden administration has yet to attribute responsibility for the operation or forcefully denounce the collateral damage it caused, which Lebanese authorities say includes the deaths of at least two children.MORE: Israel launches strikes on Hezbollah in wake of device explosionsPeople attending a funeral for victims of Tuesday's pager attacks in Lebanon react after an explosion in a store, in southern Beirut, Sept.
18, 2024.ABC NewsWhen asked during a press briefing Thursday whether the act might constitute terrorism, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said she wouldn't weigh in from the podium but acknowledged "obviously children being harmed, people being harmed is difficult to see and not something that we want to see."State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller also declined to comment on whether the attacks were a legitimate form of warfare, but said that "as a general principle, we do believe it's a legitimate practice for any country to defend itself by fighting terrorist organizations."However, sources tell ABC News the CIA has long been reluctant to use the strategy employed in the operation, which relies on infiltrating supply chains, because of the high risk to innocents.A man holds a walkie talkie device after he removed the battery during the funeral of persons killed when hundreds of paging devices exploded in a deadly wave across Lebanon the previous day, in Beirut's souther...