Israel kills 13 in strike on Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon a day after UN approved Gaza peace plan
The Israeli Defence Force said it struck militants operating a training compound in the Ain al-Hilweh camp
An Israeli strike on Lebanon has killed 13 people and wounded four others at a refugee camp for Palestinians, the Lebanese Health Ministry says.
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The Israeli Defence Force said it struck militants operating a training compound in the Ain al-Hilweh camp near the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon.
The military said the compound has been used by terror group Hamas to carry out attacks upon Israel.
Hamas has not commented on the strike.
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The latest attacks come the day after the UN Security Council backed President Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan.
The plan says that an International Stabilisation Force (ISF) will be established to oversee the territory, but the proposals have reportedly been dismissed by Hamas.
At the UN, the resolution was backed by 13 countries including Britain, France and Somalia.
Permanent members of the council Russia and China abstained on the motion.
Hamas said the plan "imposes an international guardianship mechanism on the Gaza Strip, which our people and their factions reject" in a post on Telegram.
"Assigning the international force with tasks and roles inside the Gaza Strip, including disarming the resistance, strips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a party to the conflict in favour of the occupation," it added.
In a draft of the resolution, the ISF would work to permanently decommission weapons from non-state armed groups like Hamas.
The deal, which began being enacted earlier this year, requires Hamas to hand over its weaponry.
The draft also details that a new Palestinian police force should be created in Gaza to help keep the peace.
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, told the UNSC that the ISF would be "tasked with securing the area, supporting the demilitarization of Gaza, dismantling the terrorist infrastructure, removing weapons, and ensuring the safety of Palestinian civilians".
Trump's peace plan suspended the fighting between Israel and Hamas which had raged since Hamas-led gunmen attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. About 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage in that attack.
More than 69,483 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli military action in Gaza since then, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.