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

2025-11-19

[IsraelTimes] Army says ‘military compound’ belonging to Palestinian terror group was used for training to attack Israel; no IDF comment on strikes earlier Tuesday in which two reported killed

The Israel Defense Forces carried out an ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
...KABOOM!...
Tuesday in the Ain al-Hilweh Paleostinian 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
Hamas

..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
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 Leb
...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?...
, and will continue to operate against Hamas snuffies wherever they operate," the military added.

Hamas operatives in the area prevented journalists from reaching the scene, as ambulances rushed to evacuate the maimed and the dead.

An IDF strike against a Hamas training facility in the Ain al-Hilweh Paleostinian refugee camp near Sidon, Lebanon, on November 18, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

The strike marked a relatively rare case of an Israeli attack on the Paleostinian 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
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
, and before that, in May, another commander in the group was killed in Sidon.

In a statement on the strike in Ain al-Hilweh, Hamas claimed it has no military installations in the Paleostinian refugee camps in Lebanon.

Blaming Israel for the "brutal assault," Hamas said that "claims that the targeted location was a ’training compound affiliated with the movement’ are pure fabrications and lies," as it insisted: "There are no military installations in the Paleostinian camps in Lebanon."

Commenting on the IDF video showing the strike hitting a building, Hamas claimed that "the targeted site was an open sports field frequented by the youth of the camp," and that "those targeted were a group of young boys" on the field at the time.

Earlier on Tuesday, two strikes were reported in southern Lebanon — one in Blida, the other in Bint Jbeil.

Each of the two strikes killed one person, according to Lebanese media.

The IDF did not immediately comment on the earlier strikes.

IDF confirms killing 2 Hezbollah operatives in drone strikes yesterday

[IsraelTimes] The IDF confirms killing two Hezbollah operatives in separate drone strikes in southern Lebanon yesterday.

According to the military, the first strike in the Bint Jbeil area killed a member of the terror group who was involved in restoring Hezbollah infrastructure.

The second strike, in Blida, killed a Hezbollah operative who was identified collecting intelligence on Israeli forces, the IDF says.

The military says the actions of both operatives “constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.”

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