https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-758085
Armed clashes erupted between Fatah and other armed groups in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Thursday night, a little over a month after a ceasefire ended days of violence in the camp, according to the Lebanese National News Agency.
A large number of residents of the camp were displaced from their homes due to the renewed fighting, as the militants fired RPGs and machine guns toward each other.
According to Lebanese LBCI television network, an audio recording was circulated on social media attributed to Haitham al-Shaabi, an official from the “Muslim Youth” group, in which he said the group was launching a battle to “purge the Ain al-Hilweh camp of apostates.”
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.”…
Armed clashes erupted between Fatah and other armed groups in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Thursday night, a little over a month after a ceasefire ended days of violence in the camp, according to the Lebanese National News Agency.
A large number of residents of the camp were displaced from their homes due to the renewed fighting, as the militants fired RPGs and machine guns toward each other.
According to Lebanese LBCI television network, an audio recording was circulated on social media attributed to Haitham al-Shaabi, an official from the “Muslim Youth” group, in which he said the group was launching a battle to “purge the Ain al-Hilweh camp of apostates.”
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.”…
