On Saturday night, different areas of Lebanon experienced marches and gunfire celebrations after Hamas announced the capture of Israeli soldiers in an ambush alongside the killing of other army members in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
احتفالات بعملية #جباليا في مخيم #البص pic.twitter.com/dv1JkwAm1Z
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In the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, residents of the al-Buss refugee camp set off takbirs and firecrackers in response to the announcement. Video footage also documented residents of the al-Jalil refugee camp in Baalbeck setting off firecrackers. Beirut residents could clearly hear and see the joyful gunfire from south Beirut around 1 AM.
مخيم الجليل في #بعلبك يحتفل بعملية #جباليا إثر إعلان #كتائب_القسام أسر عدد من الجنود الإسرائيليين pic.twitter.com/Ga8f5MgFIA
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In northern Lebanon, a march took place in the Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp following the news of the capture. A similar march occurred in the Nahr al-Bared camp.