An Israeli drone has hit the largest Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, killing at least one person, a Palestinian source inside the camp told dpa on Friday.
Lebanon’s state news agency NNA said the strike targeted the camp’s Hittin neighbourhood, causing casualties, without specifying the number of dead or wounded.
The Israeli military said: “In response to the repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings, the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] struck a Hamas command center from which terrorists operated in the Ain al-Hilweh area in southern Lebanon.”
The war between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, which intensified throughout 2024, was followed by a ceasefire agreed in November of that year.
Under the terms of the agreement, Hezbollah was required to lay down its weapons. However, a key deadline for the group’s disarmament expired at the end of last year.
Despite the ceasefire, the Israeli military has conducted near-daily strikes on Lebanese targets.
Ain al-Hilweh, in the south of the country, is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, with approximately 80,000 residents. Most of the residents are refugees from the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948 and their descendants.
There are 12 Palestinian refugee camps across Lebanon.
Germany’s Franziska Preuss on the track during the 4 x 6 kilometers Women’s Relay biathlon competition during the 2026 Winter Olympic Games Milan-Cortina. Hendrik Schmidt/dpa