At least 12 people were killed, including eight members of the Hezbollah group, while others were injured on Friday as a result of Israeli raids on various sites in eastern and southern Lebanon, according to what the Lebanese News Agency announced. The agency said that the Israeli army targeted a camp adjacent to the city of Sidon, resulting in two deaths, as well as sites in eastern Lebanon and the Bekaa. “The raids, in an initial toll, resulted in six deaths and more than 25 wounded, who were distributed among area hospitals.”

Published on: 02/20/2026 - 18:48 Last updated: 02/21/2026 - 13:36

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The official National News Agency in Lebanon reported on Friday that the Israeli army targeted southern and eastern Lebanon with raids that led to the death of at least 12 people and the injury of dozens of others who were taken to hospitals.

According to Hezbollah, eight members of the Lebanese group were among the dead.

An Israeli march targeted the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp adjacent to the city of Sidon, and the raid led to at least two deaths and "a number of injuries." The Israeli army said that it targeted a headquarters belonging to the Hamas movement.

An Agence France-Presse photographer observed that smoke rose from a small house that was hit in a densely populated neighborhood in the camp, while ambulances were heading toward the scene.

For its part, the Israeli army announced in a statement that it attacked "a Hamas command headquarters, from which terrorist elements were operating in the Ain al-Hilweh area." He said that the strikes came "in response to repeated violations of the ceasefire understandings."

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Commenting on the bombing, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday condemned the Israeli raids, while a Hezbollah representative called for the suspension of the meetings of the ceasefire monitoring committee between Israel and the party.

Although a ceasefire has been in effect since November 2024 that ended a war that lasted for more than a year between Hezbollah and Israel, the latter continues to launch strikes, especially on southern Lebanon, which it says are aimed at preventing the party from restoring its military capabilities. From time to time, it accuses armed groups of trying to threaten its security, including Hamas and its ally, the Islamic Group.

Ain al-Hilweh is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.

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On November 22, Israel previously launched strikes on the camp, which according to the Lebanese authorities resulted in the killing of 13 people, including children, whom the Israeli army described as “13 Hamas terrorists.”

The United Nations called on that day to conduct “quick and impartial” investigations into the Israeli strikes on Lebanon, including those that targeted the Ain al-Hilweh camp, noting that among the dead were “11 children.”

Six dead in the east of the country

Later, at least six people were killed in Israeli raids that targeted eastern Lebanon on Friday, according to the official news agency, while the Israeli army reported that it targeted sites belonging to Hezbollah.

The National News Agency said, "The Israeli raids on the Bekaa Valley led to an initial toll of six deaths and more than 25 wounded, who were distributed among hospitals in the region."

France 24/AFP

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