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Large explosion rocks Palestinian camp in Lebanon’s port city of Tyre, dozen wounded

A large explosion has rocked a Palestinian camp in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre, causing a number of injuries, state media reported. A Palestinian source inside the camp told Reuters that at least 12 people had been injured and there were an unknown number of fatalities after the blast late on Friday. Local […]

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Oil spill off Israel reaches south Lebanese beaches, cleaning begins

Volunteers in Lebanon began cleaning beaches on Saturday after an oil spill deposited tar over large stretches of the coast in the southern part of the country. A storm more than a week ago threw tonnes of the sticky, black substance onto beaches in neighbouring Israel, apparently after leaking from an oil tanker off the […]