First aid responders search for human remains in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Ain al-Hilweh camp for Palestinian refugees, near Sidon in southern Lebanon. AFP
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said the Israeli strike on the outskirts of Sidon killed 13 people and wounded several others. The state-run National News Agency reported that the attack targeted a car near the Khalid bin al-Walid mosque, adding that the mosque and an associated centre were also hit.
Hamas said the strike amounted to a “horrific massacre” and a “brutal assault” on defenseless Palestinian civilians and Lebanese sovereignty.
The Palestinian resistance group added that “this terrorist aggression against the Ain al-Hilweh camp is a continuation of the Zionist terrorist assaults on our people in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the ongoing attacks on Lebanon.”
The group rejected Israeli claims that the site was a military facility, calling them “sheer lies aimed at justifying its criminal aggression,” and insisted there are no military installations in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.
According to Hamas, the location targeted was a public sports playground used by youths from the camp, and those killed were a group of young men gathered there at the time. The group offered condolences to the victims’ families and wished a speedy recovery for the wounded.
Flames and smoke erupted from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the southern Lebanese village of Tair Filsay on November 19, 2025. AFP
Target Lebanon
Separately, Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed two people on Tuesday. Israel has carried out regular strikes despite a ceasefire in November 2024, aimed at ending more than a year of hostilities, a period that culminated in Israel’s sixth invasion of Lebanon since 1978.
Last year’s war saw Israel bombard towns and villages across the country, killing 2,720 Lebanese.
Under the ceasefire terms, Israeli forces were to withdraw from Lebanon by 26 January 2025.
After ignoring that deadline, a new date of 18 February was set, but Israel pulled troops back from Lebanese villages while maintaining occupation of five outposts in the southern highlands.
Since the ceasefire took effect, nearly 300 people have been killed and nearly 900 have been wounded in Israeli strikes across Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
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