Calm Engulfs Ain el-Hilweh after Palestinian Force Deployment

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Calm has been engulfing the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh since Wednesday evening, after the Palestinian political leadership managed to bolster a ceasefire that accompanied the deployment of the Joint Palestinian Security Forces in the clashes zone, the National News Agency said on Thursday.

“Normalcy has been restored in the camp while residents are inspecting their properties,” NNA said.

A ceasefire agreement reached on Wednesday and drafted by the Fatah Movement and the Hamas movement involved “halting fire, the deployment of the Joint Force in the al-Tiri neighborhood with the assistance of the National Security Forces, and considering Bilal Badr and Bilal al-Orqoub fugitives wanted by security forces.”

The truce follows seven days of fierce clashes that pitted the Joint Force and Fatah against two small Islamist groups led by Badr and Orqoub.

Several people were killed and wounded in the fighting.

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