At least 13 dead in Israeli attack on Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp

BarcelonaTensions escalated again on the border between Israel and Lebanon on Tuesday night. An Israeli army attack on the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp, the largest Palestinian camp in Lebanon, home to nearly 50,000 people, killed at least 13 people, according to initial figures from the Lebanese Ministry of Health. Israeli forces claim the bombings targeted a Hamas training center located within the refugee camp, three kilometers from Sidon, Lebanon's third-largest city. "The military complex was used by Hamas terrorists to conduct training exercises and plan and carry out terrorist attacks," stated an Israeli army communiqué. Hamas, for its part, released a statement condemning "the Zionist aggression that targeted a camp teeming with civilians." "We consider this a barbaric attack against the Palestinian people and against Lebanese sovereignty," they asserted, maintaining that "there are no military installations in the Palestinian camps in Lebanon" and that the target of the bombing was actually "a sports field." "The victims are a group of boys who were on the playing field at the time of the attack," the document states.

The Ain al-Hilweh camp is administered by, de factoSeveral factions are present, and there is no presence of Lebanese security forces, according to the EFE news agency. One of these factions, the Palestine Liberation Organization, has condemned the attack as "barbaric"; announced the closure of all institutions, centers, and organizations in the refugee camp; and called for a general strike, as reported by the newspaper. East - Le JourA few minutes after the attacks, many of the Palestinians living in Ain al Hilweh took to the streets to protest against the bombings.

The attack, which has also left at least four people injured, This adds to the ones that affected several populations in the south of the country of the cedar two weeks ago.which, according to Israel, targeted several buildings where Hezbollah was secretly preparing its rearmament. It was one of the largest waves of bombings. since Tel Aviv and the Lebanese Shiite militia signed a ceasefire agreement almost a year ago, following the death of the leader of the affiliated group in Iran, Hasan NasrallahHowever, Israel has violated the truce almost daily, with constant attacks in southern Lebanon. In fact, just this Tuesday, before the attacks on Ain al-Hilweh, Israeli army drones attacked positions in the towns of Bint Jbeil and Blida, killing two people.