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Army Seizes Grenades in Sidon as Gunman Kills Palestinian in Ain al-Hilweh

The army intelligence raided on Saturday the house of an extremist in the southern city of Sidon as a Palestinian national was shot dead in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp.

The state-run National News Agency reported that the army raided the house of Mahmoud Khalaf in old Sidon town, seizing a cache of arms and grenades.

The NNA described Khalaf as an “extremist.”

Meanwhile, a masked gunman reportedly opened fire at Abdullah Serriyeh, who owns a vegetables shop, in al-Fawqani street in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp.

Serriyeh succumbed to his wounds soon after he was submitted to al-Nidaa Humanitarian hospital at the refugee camp.

The reasons behind the incident are still unknown.

In a separate incident, the car of Ahemd Kaoush was set ablaze in Ain el-Hilweh.


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