The Palestinian Hamas group says explosions that shook a refugee camp in southern Lebanon were caused by an electrical short-circuit in a storage area for oxygen bottles used to treat coronavirus patients.
Later on Saturday however, a Lebanese security official said the explosion in the camp was clearly ammunition, not oxygen bottles. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, did not elaborate.
Hamas in a statement on Saturday described the explosions as an “incident” adding that a fire in the refugee camp in the southern port city of Tyre caused limited damage.
Hamas said the oxygen bottles and containers of detergents stored at the camp were to be distributed as part of its aid work in the camp.
Read the article by Bassem Mroue in The Canberra Times.