Overview
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported 11 dead and four wounded in the Sidon camp, while another official tally cited 13 fatalities.
- The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the operation and said it targeted Hamas operatives at a training site in Lebanon.
- The IDF said it used precision weapons, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence to limit harm to civilians.
- State media in Lebanon reported a convoy was hit near the Jalid bin al Walid mosque inside the camp, with later reports of strikes on the mosque and gunfire in the area, which remain under verification.
- Ain al-Hilweh is Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp and operates without a formal Lebanese security presence, complicating protection and accountability.