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Ain el-Hilweh Tense after Security Committee Member Shot Dead

Tensions surged on Friday in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp after a Fatah member was shot dead by unknown gunmen, state-run National News Agency reported.

“The Ain el-Hilweh camp is witnessing a state of caution and anticipation amid the closure of all institutions and shops, after Fatah member Musaad Hjeir, a member of the camp's security committee, was shot in the al-Fawqani Street area in the camp,” NNA said.

“Hjeir died of his wounds at the Labib Medical Center hospital in Sidon after he was critically injured in the head," the agency added.


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