IDF strikes Hamas facility near Lebanon’s Sidon; local officials say 13 killed

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Title : IDF strikes Hamas facility near Lebanon’s Sidon; local officials say 13 killed
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The Israel Defense Forces carried out an airstrike Tuesday in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the Lebanese coastal city of Sidon. The strike killed 13 people, according to Lebanese authorities. The IDF confirmed the strike, saying it targeted terror operatives at a Hamas training facility. Contrary to some preliminary Lebanese reports, the Israeli strike targeted a building some 60 meters from the Khalid bin al-Walid mosque, and not the mosque itself.

According to the IDF, the “military compound” was used by Hamas operatives for training “in order to plan and carry out terrorist attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel.” The military said it took steps to mitigate harm to civilians in the strike, including by using “a precision munition, aerial surveillance and additional intelligence.”

“The IDF is operating against Hamas’s entrenchment in Lebanon, and will continue to operate against Hamas terrorists wherever they operate,” the military added. Hamas operatives in the area prevented journalists from reaching the scene, as ambulances rushed to evacuate the wounded and the dead. The strike marked a relatively rare case of an Israeli attack on the Palestinian terror group in Lebanon, in contrast to near-daily strikes against Hezbollah operatives there. In July, a prominent Hamas commander was killed in a strike in Tripoli, and before that, in May, another commander in the group was killed in Sidon.(Ed note: Why is this important? "Saida (also known as Sidon) includes the area of the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh.") (Read More)