Two Wounded as Ain el-Hilweh Family Dispute Sparks Clashes
Two people were wounded Sunday evening as a family dispute escalated into armed clashes in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon, reports said.
“Clashes sparked by a personal dispute are still ongoing in the Ain el-Hilweh camp and two people have been wounded,” MTV reported.
Earlier, state-run National News Agency said one person was injured as a family dispute erupted into gunfire in Ain el-Hilweh's al-Zeeb neighborhood.
The Joint Palestinian Security Force was trying to contain the situation, NNA added.
On June 18, a ceasefire was reached in Ain el-Hilweh after two days of clashes left two people dead and several others wounded. The fighting was triggered by a personal dispute between an Islamist militant and a supporter of the secular Fatah Movement.
Ain el-Hilweh, the largest Palestinian camp in the Lebanon, is home to about 50,000 refugees who live in dire conditions and is known to harbor extremists and fugitives.
By long-standing convention, the Lebanese army does not enter the country's 12 refugee camps, leaving security inside to the Palestinians themselves.
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