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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Hamas condemns Israeli massacre
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">November 18, 2025</div>
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<p>Hamas condemns an Israeli occupation massacre in
southern Lebanon's Ain al-Hilweh, which killed 13
civilians.</p>
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<p>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. </p>
<p>According to <strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>\u2019s
correspondent, an airstrike targeted a parking lot in
the densely populated camp, causing a <a
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casualties</a>. 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. </p>
<p><span>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\u2019s provisions, while the
Israeli occupation persists in its attacks across
southern Lebanon with absolute impunity. </span></p>
<p>Hamas issued a strongly worded statement condemning
the attack as \u201ca brutal assault on our unarmed
Palestinian people and on Lebanese sovereignty.\u201d 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. </p>
<h2>'Israel' claims it hit 'training compound'</h2>
<p>Responding to the Israeli occupation\u2019s claims that
the target was a \u201ctraining compound,\u201d Hamas rejected
the allegations as \u201cfabrication and lies aimed at
justifying its criminal aggression and inciting
hostility toward the camps and our Palestinian
people.\u201d The movement asserted that \u201cthere are no
military installations in Palestinian refugee camps in
Lebanon.\u201d </p>
<p>Hamas declared that the Israeli occupation bears
\u201cfull responsibility for this heinous crime against
our Palestinian people and against the sisterly
Lebanese state,\u201d 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 \u201cpatience and comfort for their families\u201d
and healing for those injured. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>The latest assault deepens concerns that the Israeli
occupation is systematically undermining the ceasefire
framework through deliberate escalation against
civilian areas on Lebanese territory. </p>
<h2>Spiral of continuous aggression</h2>
<p>Over the past few days alone, Israeli forces have
carried out a series of attacks across southern and
eastern Lebanon.</p>
<p><strong>Some of the Israeli attacks are as follows:</strong></p>
<p>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<span> </span><strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>\u2019s
correspondent.</p>
<p>An<span> </span><a
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UNIFIL personnel</a><span> </span>near an
Israeli-built position inside Lebanese territory, the
UN's peacekeeping force in Lebanon reported on
November 16.</p>
<p>On November\u202f13,\u202f2025, 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.</p>
<p>In eastern Lebanon, on November\u202f10,\u202f2025, 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.</p>
<p><strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>\u2019s correspondent also
reported that<span> </span><a
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following an Israeli drone strike</a><span> </span>targeting
a vehicle on the highway opposite the town of
al-Baysariyeh, in the Saida district of South Lebanon.</p>
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