Two Wounded in Fatah-Islamist Clash in Ain el-Hilweh

Two people were wounded Tuesday in an armed clash in the restive Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in the southern city of Sidon.

Al-Jadeed television said the clash between “a number of Islamists” and “others from the Fatah Movement” broke out on the camp's al-Fawqani street.

Media reports identified one of the wounded as Youssef al-Orqoub, the son of the Islamist militant Bilal al-Orqoub – a member of a group led by notorious militant Bilal Bader.

A ceasefire was later reached according to media reports.

By long-standing convention, the Lebanese Army does not enter the country's Palestinian refugee camps, where security is managed by joint committees of Palestinian factions.

Ain el-Hilweh is an impoverished, overcrowded camp that is home to some 61,000 Palestinians, including 6,000 who have fled the war in Syria.