2023-07-30 11:00:02
BEIRUT (AP) — One person was killed and six wounded in clashes Sunday night in a Palestinian refugee camp near the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, Palestinian officials said.
The clashes came as Palestinian factions in Ein el-Hilweh launched a campaign once morest armed Islamist groups and fugitives who were seeking shelter in crowded neighborhoods in the countryside. In 2017, Palestinian factions fought nearly a week of heavy fighting with an armed organization affiliated with the Islamic State group.
Palestinian officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in line with their internal rules said the clashes had occurred following an unknown gunman attempted to assassinate Islamist militant Mahmoud Khalil, but killed a person accompanying him in his car. place.
The Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported six injuries, including two children.
The factions used assault rifles and grenade launchers in the overcrowded field, while ambulances plowed through its alleyways to take the wounded to hospital.
The violence had subsided, although state media said there was still sporadic sniper fire.
Several neighbors fled the crossfire to other neighborhoods.
Ein el-Hilweh is famous for its lawlessness and violence is not unusual. The United Nations estimates that some 55,000 people live there.
The settlement was established in 1948 to house Palestinians displaced by Israeli forces in the formation of Israel.
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