Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese city of Sidon killed 13 people and wounded several others

Lebanon said an Israeli strike tonight on a crowded Palestinian refugee camp in the country's south killed at least 13 people, as Israel said it struck a Hamas compound.

The militant group denied it had military installations in Palestinian camps in Lebanon and called Israel's claims "lies".

An AFP correspondent saw firefighters putting out a blaze on the lower floor of a stricken building, as gunmen fired shots to clear crowds from the path of ambulances that were streaming into Ain al-Helweh, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, located on the outskirts of the coastal city of Sidon.