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Urooba Jamal

REVEALED: Why did israel attack lebanon s biggest palestinian refugee camp - The Real Truth

Residents and rescue teams inspect the damage following an overnight Israeli air strike on the Ein el-Hilweh camp for Palestinian refugees on the outskirts of the southern port city of Sidon [Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP]

Israel has bombed the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh in Lebanon as it has escalated its attacks inside its northern neighbour, ostensibly to target Hezbollah and armed Palestinian factions after almost a year of cross-border exchanges.

In the narrow alleys of the densely populated Palestinian camp near the coastal city of Sidon, people wailed frantically in the aftermath of the Israeli bombing overnight on Tuesday, a video verified by Al Jazeera shows. In the video, a man rushes towards the whirring red lights of an ambulance, carrying the frail body of what appears to be an injured child.

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