A powerful explosion took place on Friday night (10/12) in a weapons and ammunition depot, in a camp Palestine refugees in Lebanon, said a military source, noting that there is currently an unspecified number of wounded.
A Palestinian camp official Abu Rashid al-Bake denied, however, that weapons and ammunition were stored in the warehouse. He claimed that the warehouse was full of gas and oxygen cylinders.
According to the military source, the explosion was due to a fire that broke out in the warehouse, which is located in the camp. Burj al Semali, close to Cheese. The causes of the fire are unknown.
Firefighters rushed to the scene and tried to extinguish the flames in the warehouse building, which is located next to a mosque, until late at night. Several ambulances entered the camp and strong army forces deployed in the surrounding area, according to a photojournalist. French Agency.
The military source said the warehouse, which also housed food, belonged to the Palestinian Authority. Hamas. There was a “huge explosion” and “there are injured,” he added, without elaborating.
THE Mach, a resident of the camp, said he heard a first explosion and many more followed.
THE Lebanon hosts more than 175,000 Palestinians refugees, most in 12 camps across the country, according to official figures dating back to 2020. Unofficial estimates, however, put the number at up to 500,000. Palestinians refugees.
Based on a multi-year agreement, his army Lebanon does not enter these camps, where security has been provided by the Palestinian factions.
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