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Clashes between the Fatah group and rival Islamists resumed in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon late on September 7, a little over a month after a ceasefire ended days of violence in the camp.
A large number of residents of the camp were displaced from their homes due to the renewed clashes, which reportedly killed two people and wounded 37 others.
Stray bullets from the clashes in camp struck parts of the nearby coastal city of Sidon, according to Lebanon’s official National News Agency.
An audio recording was circulated on social media attributed to Haitham al-Shaabi, an official from the “Muslim Youth,” in which he said the group was launching a battle to “purge the Ain al-Hilweh camp of apostates.”
Meanwhile, a committee of Palestinian factions in Ein el-Hilweh announced that their joint security forces would launch raids in search of the accused killers.
The Palestinian Joint Action Authority in Lebanon urged a return to the ceasefire, stating “We call for a ceasefire in the Ain al-Hilweh camp, to make way for the joint Palestinian security force in the camp and the Joint Action Authority in Sidon to carry out their duties and implement what has been entrusted to them.”
In the first round of clashes between Fateh and Islamists in the refugee camp, which broke out on July 30, at least 13 people were killed. Thousands of people were displaced due to the clashes. On August 3, a ceasefire was reached, with the violence ending shortly afterward. However, tensions remained high in the camp.
Ein el-Hilweh was established in 1948 by Palestinians who were forcibly displaced by Israeli forces. The U.N. says it is home to some 55,000 people. Fateh and other factions in the crowded camp clashed with Islamist militants on several occasions in the past.
still fighting for futile reasons ehh.
that’s some relief for israel.
stupid palestinians… isrealhell,thru it’s proxy fattah, is instigating these fights