Hamas said it had no military installations in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, dismissing Israel’s claims of having hit a Hamas training compound on Tuesday as “lies”.
Blaming Israel for a “brutal assault” on the Ain al-Helweh camp, Hamas said in a statement 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 Palestinian camps in Lebanon.”
The Israeli military released a video of a strike hitting a building, but 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.
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