- Fierce clashes escalate in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, leaving five dead and several injured.
- The surge in violence forces many civilians to seek refuge in safer areas.
- Bullets from the clashes even hit a fire engine outside the camp, adding to the chaos.
Clashes intensify in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, resulting in at least five deaths and more than a dozen injuries. Scores of civilians have been forced to flee to safer areas.
The recent fatalities bring the total number of deaths to 11 since the fighting resumed in the Ein el-Hilweh camp near the southern port city of Sidon on Sept. 7, despite multiple cease-fire agreements.
Stray bullets penetrate residential areas outside the camp, including a fire engine that was targeted while firefighters were battling a blaze near an army post, according to the state-run National News Agency. The fire, however, was unrelated to the camp clashes.
The fighting erupted last week after nearly a month of calm in Ein el-Hilweh between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group and members of militant Islamic factions.
Fatah and its allies aimed to crack down on suspects accused of murdering a senior Fatah military official in the camp in late July.
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A Palestinian woman and her family seek refuge after leaving the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, waiting outside the Sidon municipality for relocation to a UNRWA school in Sidon, a southern port city in Lebanon, on Sept. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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The National News Agency reported that among the five killed on Wednesday, three were members of Fatah. The clashes also left 15 people wounded.
Moussa Abu Marzouk, a top official of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, arrived in Beirut on Tuesday to mediate an end to the clashes, but his efforts were unsuccessful.
Ein el-Hilweh, with a population of roughly 55,000 according to the United Nations, is particularly known for its lawlessness and violence.
Lebanon houses tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees and their descendants, with 12 refugee camps scattered across the country. Ein el-Hilweh was established in 1948 to accommodate Palestinians displaced during the establishment of Israel.
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