Palestinian Delegation Meets Ibrahim amid Ain el-Hilweh Unrest

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A Palestinian delegation held talks Thursday with General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim.

The delegation was led by Mohammed Yassine, the secretary of the Factions of the Palestinian Alliance in Lebanon, state-run National News Agency said.

“Talks tackled the situations in the Palestinian camps, especially the security situations at the Ain el-Hilweh camp in light of the incidents of the past two days,” NNA said.

The delegation also thanked Ibrahim for “addressing the situations of the Palestinians who fled from Syria to Lebanon.”

Gunbattles had renewed earlier on Thursday in Ain el-Hilweh between the Fatah Movement and members of an Islamist group led by Bilal Badr.

Later on Thursday, media reports said Badr was inciting his supporters to attack Lebanese army posts at the camp's entrances amid a warning by the military against any such move.

The fighting had first erupted overnight Wednesday in connection with the killing of a taxi driver in the camp on Monday.

Cautious calm has prevailed in the camp and a committee has been formed to investigate the man's assassination in order to apprehend the killers, a top Palestinian official has said.

Also on Thursday, the army managed to arrest the dangerous fugitive Imad Yassine, the so-called emir of the Islamic State group in Ain el-Hilweh.

Yassine, who was wanted on multiple arrest warrants, had been plotting prior to his arrest to “stage several terrorist bombings against army posts, vital and touristic facilities, shopping centers, popular gatherings and residential areas in several Lebanese regions,” an army statement said.

It had been reported in July that Yassine had received orders from IS foreign operations chief Abu Khaled al-Iraqi to stage major "Iraq-like bombings" across Lebanon.

Comments 2
Thumb shab 22 September 2016, 18:24

Abbas must take part to arrange the return of Palestinians.

Thumb EagleDawn 23 September 2016, 07:51

Evil eyes so clear in the picture.... can't believe the sell outs in M8 bombarded this sectarian to head of security.