Hamas claimed on Saturday that explosions in a Palestinian “refugee camp” in southern Lebanon on Friday were caused by an electrical short-circuit in a storage area for oxygen bottles used to treat coronavirus patients, The Associated Press reports.

Later in the day however, a Lebanese security official said that it was clearly ammunition and not oxygen bottles that exploded in the camp. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, did not elaborate.

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