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Calm prevails inside Ain el-Helweh refugee camp

25-08-2015 | 01:26

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Calm prevails inside Ain el-Helweh refugee camp

Calm prevailed on Tuesday inside the Ain el-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp after an initial cease-fire agreement was reached between Palestinian factions.

Earlier, two people were killed in the camp in renewed overnight clashes between the mainstream Palestinian faction Fatah and hardline Islamists.

The two sides exchanged heavy gunfire in the camp in southern Lebanon, which has regularly seen factional disputes spiral into deadly violence.

According to sources, two men from the Fatah movement were killed and at least 16 people were wounded.

The sources added that the violence displaced a large number of the camp's inhabitants.

In this regard, the state-run National News Agency reported that the municipality of Sidon opened its doors to receive the families, adding that gunshots reached some neighborhoods in the southern Lebanese city.

Palestinian sources noted that gun battles started (August 24) when Islamist militants attempted to advance towards Fatah positions inside the camp.

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