Overview
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported 13 dead and several wounded after a drone strike hit Ein el-Hilweh near Sidon.
- The Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas training site and described those hit as militants preparing attacks.
- Hamas denied the claim, saying the strike hit a sports field rather than a training complex.
- Lebanon’s state news agency NNA reported a car was struck in the parking lot of the Khalid bin al-Walid mosque and that the mosque and an affiliated center were also hit.
- Local authorities said residents were evacuated to shelters, and officials noted that Israeli operations in Lebanon since the 2024 ceasefire have caused more than 270 deaths and about 850 injuries.