Palestinian Islamist Wounded in Ain el-Hilweh Shooting
A Palestinian Islamist activist was injured in a shooting in the southern refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh overnight, the state-run National News Agency reported on Monday.
Mohammed Shraidi was lightly wounded in the foot and was taken to hospital when unknown assailants opened fire at him, it said.
The attack, which took place in the camp’s al-Fawqani street, was followed by intermittent gunfire.
But the Palestinian leadership launched contacts to contain the incident, NNA added.
The impoverished Ain el-Hilweh camp has gained notoriety as a refuge for extremists and fugitives and for the settling of scores between factions.
By long-standing convention, the army does not enter the Palestinian refugee camps, leaving the factions themselves to handle security.
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