Several killed by Israeli strike on Palestinian camp in Lebanon

Six people were killed in an Israeli attack on the Palestinian refugee camp Ain al-Hilwah near the Lebanese coastal city of Sidon, according to Lebanese sources.

Lebanese security sources said that last night's attack was aimed at the Palestinian commander, Munir Al-Makdah. However, he survived the attack, it said.

The Israeli army has not yet commented on the strike.

The Lebanese news agency NNA reported that Al-Makdah's wife and their son were among the victims.

Al-Makdah is a representative of the Al-Aqsa Brigades in Lebanon, the military arm of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement.

Chalil Al-Makdah, a brother of Al-Makdah, was killed in an Israeli drone strike at the end of August.

With around 80,000 inhabitants, Ain al-Hilwah is the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Most residents are refugees displaced by the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948 and their descendants.