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Several people injured in explosion at south Lebanon Palestinian camp

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Lebanese army soldiers stand guard at the entrance of the Palestinian camp where an explosion took place, in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre, Lebanon December 10, 2021. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – A large explosion rocked a Palestinian camp in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre on Friday night, injuring about a dozen people, according to rescue workers on scene and a Palestinian source inside the camp.

The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported an unspecified number of deaths, but local media and civil defense workers on scene said there had been no fatalities. A security source also said fatalities had not been recorded.

The NNA reported that the blast emanated from a Hamas weapons depot in the Burj al-Shemali camp and a judge had ordered security forces to launch an investigation.

A number of armed Palestinian factions, including Hamas and the Fatah Movement, hold effective control over roughly a dozen Palestinian camps in the country, which Lebanese authorities by custom do not enter.

Shehab News Agency, seen as close to Hamas, quoted a Palestinian source as saying the explosion was caused by the ignition of oxygen canisters stored for use in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

The security source said the fire had since been brought under control.

The Palestinian camp where an explosion took place, in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre, Lebanon December 10, 2021.

Hamas has not officially commented.

The area surrounding the blast had been evacuated and rescue crews had deployed, the Palestinian source said.

Videos from the scene shared by local media show a number of small bright red flashes above the southern city, followed by a large explosion and the sound of glass breaking.

REUTERS

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    Hamas and the “short circuit” in a warehouse in southern Lebanon

    Following reports last night of the explosion in the Falsetinian refugee camp “Al-Barjah-Shamali” in southern Lebanon, Hamas today released an official version (after a long night of trying to settle it so that it removes the blame from the movement) in which it states that “according to what it found out,” A short circuit that occurred in a warehouse where oxygen balloons and detergents intended for distribution as an aid to the fight against the corona were found, is the cause of the big explosion.
    To me it was a bit reminiscent of President Assad’s ridiculous version of the attacks that hit, in weapons depots at a time when he was still ashamed to blame Israel for it.
    “Short circuit” is one of the ridiculous excuses on social media, especially when it comes to stuttering explanations regarding the explosion of weapons depots.

    In a proclamation issued by Hamas, it also condemned the media deception, which it claimed was used by the various media channels regarding the cause of the explosion and the number of casualties.
    About an hour after the announcement of the announcement this morning, the death of engineer Hamza Shahin was reported in Lebanon as a result of the explosion.
    The problem for Hamas is that the engineer killed in the blast is East Bankian in origin who was arrested in 2014 for supporting Hamas and then moved to Lebanon where he served until yesterday as a senior operative of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, which, according to Hamas engaging in next generation education…
    Once died, hamas could not deny it and was forced to issue a statement, stating that he had died in a “jihadist mission” as part of “training and preparation for battle,” a code that often describes death in Gaza as a result of a work accident.Supporters of Hamas can certainly claim that an engineer, an explosion, a mosque and a “jihadist mission” are merely circumstantial evidence … and there is no proof here that this is a weapons depot … but when one of his “students” mourns him on the net Shahada was killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in a mosque in the refugee camp
    .. it’s already closing the corner.
    Hamas is lying here with its mouth full in an official announcement. Despite the strenuous attempts to hide the casualties and the area of ​​the explosion, the truth has surfaced and is being revealed

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      Hamas obituary on the death of engineer Hamza Ibrahim in Lebanon https://t.me/abualiexpress/32275

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