Clash breaks out in Lebanese refugee camp during funeral of slain Hamas member

By Emanuel Fabian

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12 December 2021, 4:57 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

An armed clash breaks out in the Burj Shamali refugee camp in Lebanon during the funeral of a Hamas member who was killed in an explosion in the Palestinian camp two nights ago.

According to reports, several people are killed and injured during the firefight.

It is not clear what instigated the fight, but local reports claim it was between members of the Hamas terror group and the Palestinian Fatah movement.

Hamza Shaheen was killed after an alleged Hamas weapons depot, hidden underneath a mosque in the camp, located near the port city of Tyre, exploded on Friday night.

Last week, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that Hamas quietly established a Lebanon branch of its Gaza-based terror group in recent years in order to open up an additional front against Israel in future conflicts.