Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Fighting in Lebanon Camp

Fighting broke out between soldiers and Islamist militants at a second Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon according to security officers. It is said to involve Jund al-Sham militants in the violence in the Ain al-Hilweh camp near the southern city of Sidon. When suspected militants fired a grenade at an army checkpoint, a soldier and a civilian were injured. It's not clear if the biolence is linked to the fighting at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in the north. Army troops at the Ain al-Hilweh camp responded to the rocket propelled grenade attack with gunfire. Fighting between the militants and the army began at the camp near Tripoli in northern Lebanon two weeks ago. It is reported that more than 100 civilians, soldiers and militants have died since then.

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