The death toll from the armed clashes that have been taking place for 3 days in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp for Palestinians in Lebanon has risen, according to Lebanese sources, to 11 dead and 50 wounded, following the killing of 3 people, today, Monday, despite what was reported about the truce agreement and the withdrawal of gunmen from the streets.

The fighting broke out last Saturday following the visit of Major General Majid Faraj, Director of Palestinian Intelligence at the National Authority. Between unknown Islamic groups and security forces affiliated with the Fatah movement in the Palestinian camp, which is home to more than 63,000 Palestinian refugees and is close to the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon.

The confrontations initially resulted in the killing of a member of an armed Islamic group, the day before (Saturday), and their intensity escalated yesterday, Sunday, following the killing of the Brigadier General in the Fatah movement and the commander of the National Security Forces in the camp, nicknamed “The Iraqi,” and 4 of his companions in an elaborate ambush. In the Al-Basateen neighbourhood; It seemed to observers that it was an elaborate assassination intended to open the door to armed clashes inside the camp.