Fresh fighting erupts between Islamist gunmen at Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp

Fresh fighting erupts between Islamist gunmen at Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp
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Dozens of families have been forced to flee for their lives

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At least one person has been killed and several others hurt after renewed fighting between Palestinian security forces and Sunni Islamists at the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.

The violence erupted after militants from the mainstream Palestinian party Fatah attacked a district where the leader of an Islamist faction was believed to be hiding.

The clashes began on Thursday after the head of a faction linked to the Islamist Badr group fired at the headquarters of a joint Palestinian security unit. Scores of families were forced to flee the area.

Members of the joint Palestinian security force during clashes with extremists in Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp, southern #Lebanon (Reuters) pic.twitter.com/rBeklkqol5

— عاصي +2 (@jeanassy) August 18, 2017

Lebanon’s Palestinian camps, which date back to the 1948 war between Israel and its Arab neighbours, fall mainly outside the jurisdiction of Lebanese security services.

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