Tension Increases in Ain el-Hilweh after Gunmen Assassinate Ali Khalil
Tension surged in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the southern city of Sidon on Monday after unknown assailants shot dead the bodyguard of Jund al-Sham official Oussama al-Shahabi.
Gunmen deployed heavily in al-Sefsaf neighborhood after Ali Khalil, who is also the nephew of al-Shahabi, succumbed to his wounds.
Al-Shahabi is an official in the Jund al-Sham extremist group who is wanted by the Lebanese judiciary on charges of forming a terrorist group, carrying out terrorist acts and the possession of arms and explosives.
Sobhi Abou Arab, the head of the Palestinian National Security Forces in Lebanon, told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) that Khalil was admitted to the hospital after an overnight dispute.
The reasons of the dispute remain unknown, he added.
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