Israeli attack on Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon kills at least 13
Paramedics at the site of an Israeli strike that killed several people inside the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in the southern city of Sidon on 18 November 2025
Mera Aladam reports in Middle East Eye on 19 November 2025:
An Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon killed 13 people and wounded several others on Tuesday, hours after Israeli attacks on cars elsewhere in the country’s south killed at least two.
Local media reported that the attack targeted an area near a mosque and a football pitch in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp on the outskirts of the city of Sidon, which was packed with civilians. Ain al-Hilweh is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. It houses a population of nearly 80,000 people who live in an area of just 1.5 sq km.
The Israeli military said, without providing any evidence, that the strike targeted a Hamas “military compound” allegedly used for training fighters.
Menawhile, Hamas condemned the attack and dismissed Israel’s claim as “pure fabrication and lies”, saying there are no military installations inside refugee camps in Lebanon, and that the area hit was a well-known open sports field regularly used by young men from the camp.
Palestinians described the attack as a “massacre,” with footage shared online showing civilians and rescue teams carrying bodies and remains of those killed in the blast.
In one clip, the scattered remains of victims lay on a stretcher in a crowded street.
Continued Israeli violations
Several Israeli drone strikes were reported in Lebanon on Tuesday, marking the latest violation of a ceasefire that has been in place since November 2024.