Israel Defense Forces strike Hamas training compound in south Lebanon

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday evening struck a training compound of the Palestinian Hamas terrorist group in Southern Lebanon, the military said.

The Hamas facility in Ain al-Hilweh, which is home to Lebanon’s largest Palestinian “refugee camp,” was used by the terrorist group for “training and exercises to plan and carry out terrorist attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel,” according to the army statement.

The IDF noted that, prior to the airstrike, several measures were taken to mitigate harm to noncombatants near the facility, “including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance and additional intelligence.”

The Israeli military “is operating against Hamas’s establishment in Lebanon, and will continue to operate against Hamas terrorists wherever they opera