The death toll from clashes in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon between members of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) and a group calling itself “Muslim Youth” rose to 9 dead after two people died from wounds they sustained last night, bringing the total death toll to 29 since Last July.
Faltering agreements
In addition to the dead, the number of wounded rose to more than 200, including 150 within a week, in addition to the displacement of dozens of families as a result of intermittent confrontations that included agreements more than once aimed at a ceasefire in the camp, the most recent of which was the agreement between two delegations from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Fatah movement. After a meeting at the Palestinian Embassy in Beirut last Tuesday, attended by member of the Fatah Central Committee, Azzam Al-Ahmad, and member of the Political Bureau of Hamas, Musa Abu Marzouk.
According to the official National News Agency in Lebanon, the clashes in the Ain al-Hilweh camp “end the current round of its first week in light of the absence of solutions and the failure of all attempts to stop the bloody events and the repercussions of its crisis that Sidon and the region are experiencing,” after the “violent” confrontations reached their climax yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, and lasted. Even after midnight.
“Suspicious projects”
In continuation of the calm efforts, the Islamic Jihad and Hamas movements called on Thursday for the need to stop the clashes in the Ain al-Hilweh camp, warning of the danger of these confrontations that come “against the will of the Palestinian people.”
This call came in a joint statement after the Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement, Ziad al-Nakhalah, met with a delegation from the Hamas movement headed by Musa Abu Marzouk.
The statement stressed that “the fighting only serves the Zionist enemy and the suspicious projects that target the Palestinian camps in order to erase the refugee issue and harm Lebanon’s security and stability.”
These developments come in the wake of armed confrontations at the end of last July, which led to the killing of 14 people, including Major General Abu Ashraf Al-Armushi and his companions.
Ain al-Hilweh camp is one of the largest Palestinian camps in Lebanon, along with 11 other camps, and the number of Palestinian refugees in this country is estimated at about 300,000.
2023-09-14 11:38:24
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