Why it matters:
The strike hit Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp during an already fragile ceasefire, deepening tensions and raising concerns about a wider escalation along the Lebanon-Israel frontier.
The big picture:
The Israeli regime resumed attacks on Lebanon despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire signed in December 2024. Under the agreement, Israeli forces were required to withdraw from southern Lebanon within 60 days, but they remained in five strategic positions, continuing to violate international law. Lebanon’s Health Ministry says the Israeli regime has breached the ceasefire thousands of times.
What they are saying:
Hamas says Israel’s claim that it targeted a Hamas-affiliated training facility is false, insisting the strike hit an open sports field used by Palestinian teenagers. Hamas stressed that no military infrastructure exists in Palestinian camps in Lebanon and held the Israeli regime fully responsible for the “crime against the people of Palestine and Lebanon.”
Key points:
- The strike on Ain al-Hilweh camp killed at least 22 people, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said.
- Initial Israeli claims described the target as a “Hamas-run educational compound.”
- Hamas says the victims were teenagers playing in an open field.
- The attack is the latest in a series of Israeli violations of the ceasefire.
- Ain al-Hilweh, home to around 80,000 people, is Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp.
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