[News] Hamas condemns Israeli massacre in Lebanon's Sidon, says claims false

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  Hamas condemns Israeli massacre in Lebanon's Sidon, says claims false

Al Mayadeen English
November 18, 2025
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Hamas condemns an Israeli occupation massacre in southern Lebanon's Ain 
al-Hilweh, which killed 13 civilians.

  * People gathering next to an ambulance as it enters the Ain el-Hilweh
    refugee camp in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday,
    November 18, 2025 (AP)
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    People gathering next to an ambulance as it enters the Ain el-Hilweh
    refugee camp in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday,
    November 18, 2025 (AP)

A new massacre perpetrated by the Israeli occupation regime has left 13 
civilians dead in a preliminary toll in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian 
refugee camp in Sidon, southern Lebanon, marking a serious escalation 
and a flagrant violation of the November 2024 ceasefire agreement.

According to *Al Mayadeen*’s correspondent, an airstrike targeted a 
parking lot in the densely populated camp, causing a significant number 
of casualties 
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ain-al-hilweh-massacre--israeli-attack-kills-13-in-south-leb>. 
The Lebanese Ministry of Health updated the death toll to 13 martyrs as 
of Tuesday evening, with the number expected to be finalized following 
ongoing assessments.

This marks the first assault of its kind on the camp since the so-called 
ceasefire took effect last year. It also comes as Beirut continues to 
fully comply with the ceasefire’s provisions, while the Israeli 
occupation persists in its attacks across southern Lebanon with absolute 
impunity.

Hamas issued a strongly worded statement condemning the attack as “a 
brutal assault on our unarmed Palestinian people and on Lebanese 
sovereignty.” The movement stressed that the strike hit an open sports 
field known to residents and frequented by young teenagers at the time 
of the attack.


    'Israel' claims it hit 'training compound'

Responding to the Israeli occupation’s claims that the target was a 
“training compound,” Hamas rejected the allegations as “fabrication and 
lies aimed at justifying its criminal aggression and inciting hostility 
toward the camps and our Palestinian people.” The movement asserted that 
“there are no military installations in Palestinian refugee camps in 
Lebanon.”

Hamas declared that the Israeli occupation bears “full responsibility 
for this heinous crime against our Palestinian people and against the 
sisterly Lebanese state,” extending condolences to the families of the 
martyrs and wishing a swift recovery to the wounded. The statement 
honored those killed, saying it prays for “patience and comfort for 
their families” and healing for those injured.

The strike on Ain al-Hilweh is the third attack on Lebanon today alone. 
Earlier, two drone strikes targeted vehicles in Blida and Bint Jbeil, 
killing two civilians in total. This raises the civilian death toll on 
November 18, 2025, to 15 killed by the Israeli regime in a single day.

The latest assault deepens concerns that the Israeli occupation is 
systematically undermining the ceasefire framework through deliberate 
escalation against civilian areas on Lebanese territory.


    Spiral of continuous aggression

Over the past few days alone, Israeli forces have carried out a series 
of attacks across southern and eastern Lebanon.

*Some of the Israeli attacks are as follows:*

On November 17, the principal of the Mansouri Public School, Mohammad 
Shuweikh, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town in the Tyre 
district, South Lebanon, according to*Al Mayadeen*’s correspondent.

AnIsraeli Merkava tank fired on UNIFIL personnel 
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/unifil---israel--fired-on-our-forces-in-lebanon--violating-r>near 
an Israeli-built position inside Lebanese territory, the UN's 
peacekeeping force in Lebanon reported on November 16.

On November 13, 2025, an Israeli drone struck a vehicle in Toul 
(Nabatieh), injuring one civilian. That same day, warplanes bombed the 
western outskirts of Tayr Felsay, and a second air strike hit the same 
area later that night.

In eastern Lebanon, on November 10, 2025, Israeli warplanes carried out 
three air raids on the Shaara Heights and the outskirts of Janta (in the 
Bekaa region), while simultaneously a drone struck the road between 
al-Dawra and al-Maali in Hermel.

*Al Mayadeen*’s correspondent also reported thatone person was martyred 
following an Israeli drone strike 
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--kills-one-civilian-in-south-lebanon-strike>targeting 
a vehicle on the highway opposite the town of al-Baysariyeh, in the 
Saida district of South Lebanon.

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