Haniya Warns of Bids to ‘Sow Discord’ between al-Bared Camp Residents, Lebanese Army
Prime Minister of Gaza’s Hamas Government Ismail Haniya condemned on Sunday the “unjustified gunfire” against the residents of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, warning of bids to sow discord between the Lebanese army and the residents.
A Palestinian was killed and three others were wounded on Friday when the Lebanese army opened fire during a spat at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a Palestinian source told Agence France Presse.
The violence erupted after the army arrested two Palestinian men who were on a motorcycle and refused to stop at a checkpoint, the source said.
Hamas Movement issued a statement saying that “Haniya discussed the conditions of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon with the movement representative Ali Baraka, especially in Nahr al-Bared camp after the unfortunate accident that led to the death of Ahmed Qassem.”
The accident prompted hundreds of the camp’s residents to block roads with burning tires and hurl stones at army troops, to express their denouncement towards the security measures taken by the army.
Haniya urged the government to investigate the accident and ease security measures around the camp, calling for “a swift rebuilding process which allows the refugees to go back to the camp, awaiting their return to Palestine.”
The Hamas top official said he is “very keen on the security and stability of Palestinian camps, as well as the civil peace in Lebanon,” calling for consolidating the brotherly relations between the two countries.
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