3 Dead, 10 Hurt in Fatah-Hamas Clash at Lebanon Refugee Camp

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Three people were killed and ten others wounded Sunday in an armed clash at the al-Bourj al-Shamali Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, al-Jadeed TV said.

The TV network said the clash, between the Islamist Hamas Movement and the secular Fatah Movement, broke out during the funeral of Hamas member Hamza Ibrahim Shahine, who was killed in Friday's blasts at the camp.

Hamas said Saturday that the explosions that shook the camp on Friday were caused by an electrical short-circuit in a storage area for oxygen bottles used to treat coronavirus patients.

Later in the day however, a Lebanese security official said that the explosion in the camp was clearly ammunition -- not oxygen bottles.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency had reported late Friday that arms stored for Hamas exploded Friday in the al-Bourj al-Shamali camp, killing and injuring a number of people.

SourceNaharnet
Comments 4
Missing easygoing 12 December 2021, 16:39

So Lebanon not only has to take care of the Syrian issue, that also the Palestinian issue..and the Iranian issue with Hezbollah..but why?? How do you expect to a country to go forward like this? It’s just impossible!! Poor Lebanon.. it has the worst neighbors that you could have..

Missing phillipo 12 December 2021, 20:45

The only bad neighbour Lebanon has is Syria, and the sooner the Lebanese political leadership realises this, the better.
Why is it that the ex-Palestinian refugees in the other Arab countries are not up in arms? Simple, because the governments in those countries do not allow them to have arms. Lebanese government and Army, please wake up and try and save the country.

Thumb i.report 12 December 2021, 22:21

Lovely people. What a strong State mr Michel Aoun!

Thumb lubnani.masi7i 13 December 2021, 03:33

Are they Martyrs?