13 individuals have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, the Lebanese well being ministry and state media have stated.
The ministry stated 13 individuals died and a number of other others have been injured.
It was the deadliest strike on Lebanon since a ceasefire within the Israel-Hezbollah struggle a 12 months in the past.
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Individuals gathered subsequent to an ambulance because it entered the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp. Pic: AP
The Israeli navy stated it had struck militants working in a Hamas coaching compound inside the camp, alleging that Hamas was utilizing the ability to hold out assaults on Israel.
Hamas condemned the strike, saying: “The claims and allegations of the Zionist occupation army that the targeted location is a ‘training compound belonging to the movement’ are pure fabrication and lies, aimed at justifying its criminal aggression.”
It stated the strike focused an open sports activities subject utilized by residents of the camp, including there have been no navy institutions in refugee camps in Lebanon.
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The Israeli military stated it will proceed to behave towards the group wherever it operated.
Scores of officers from the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and Palestinian factions have been killed over the previous two years by Israeli airstrikes.
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire in 2024 that required Hezbollah to not have any weapons within the south and for Israeli forces to totally withdraw from Lebanon.
Hamas led the lethal assault on southern Israel that killed about 1,200 individuals on 7 October 2023. Some 251 others have been taken hostage.
Within the struggle that adopted, when Israel invaded the Gaza Strip, greater than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed, based on the Hamas-run Gaza well being ministry.
The ministry doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants however says nearly all of deaths have been ladies and kids.
