The death toll in Lebanon from several Israeli bombings rises to 14

The Israeli army has attacked Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, injuring several children on a school bus.

Several ambulances gather at the entrance to the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp, near the Lebanese city of Sidon, following an Israeli bombing.
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19/11/2025
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BarcelonaTensions have escalated again on the border between Israel and Lebanon in recent hours. 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 Tuesday night, according to figures provided by the Lebanese Ministry of Health. Tel Aviv 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 to plan and carry out terrorist attacks," stated an Israeli army communiqué. Additionally, this morning, Israeli forces killed another person in Al Tayri, in the south of the country, in an airstrike, according to the Lebanese national news agency. The bomb struck a car, which then caught fire. In addition, the attack left eleven children injured who were on a school bus passing by the vehicle at the time of the bombing. Hamas has condemned "the Zionist aggression that targeted a post teeming with civilians" in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp. "We consider it 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 statement affirms. 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.

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