Bomb Defused in Ain el-Hilweh after Deadly Clash

An explosive device was dismantled Friday at the vegetable market of the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in south Lebanon, state-run National News Agency reported.

The development comes after a deadly overnight clash in the camp.

The clash started with a personal dispute between members of the Fatah Movement and and a member of the Islamist Jund al-Sham group before escalating into a gunbattle in which two people were killed and several others were wounded.

NNA identified the dead as Mahmoud al-Sayyed and Mohammed al-Jindawi.

A cautious calm was on Friday engulfing the camp's al-Briksat and al-Tawaree neighborhoods as the Palestinian factions held an emergency meeting the condemned the violence and agreed to withdraw all gunmen from the streets.

The camp's al-Briksat and al-Tawaree neighborhoods have witnessed several deadly clashes in recent months.