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Residents of the Nur Shams Palestinian refugee camp watch their homes being demolished on New Year's eve by an Israeli military excavator in the Nur Shams camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, amid an ongoing offensives in the West Bank on December 31, 2025. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
January 1, 2026, 3:34 am
Israel begins demolishing 25 buildings in West Bank Palestinian refugee camp
IDF says buildings torn down as part of counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank; Palestinians say thousands forced out of their homes in past year have yet to return
By Agencies
Lebanese army soldiers escort trucks carrying weapons handed over by Palestinian factions from Rashidiyeh refugee camp to the Lebanese army, as they pass in Tyre city, south Lebanon, August 28, 2025. (AP/Mohammed Zaatari)
August 29, 2025, 11:23 am
Lebanon may boost Palestinians’ rights in country, though citizenship not on the table
As army starts demilitarizing camps as precurser to disarming Hezbollah, official says process may pave way for more labor and property rights for descendants of Palestinian refugees
By AP and ToI Staff
Zahiya Joudeh, who was shot to death in the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem on June 24, 2025. (X, used in conjunction with clause 27a of the copyright law)
June 25, 2025, 6:14 pm
Family of grandmother shot dead in East Jerusalem says she was killed by Border Police
Relatives of Zahiya Joudeh, 66, from Shuafat refugee camp, say she was getting fresh air on roof when shot, vow to not rest until justice is served; Border Police investigating
By Nurit Yohanan
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their talks in the Grand Palace at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, on Saturday, May 10, 2025, as part of celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Sergei Bobylev/Photo host agency RIA Novosti via AP)
May 20, 2025, 8:45 pm
PA’s Abbas to discuss weapons in Lebanon’s Palestinian camps during Beirut visit
Delegation member says Palestinian Authority leader, during meeting with Lebanese president, will also raise matter of Palestinians being prevented from working in Lebanon
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Smoke at the site of reported Israeli artillery shelling of a Hezbollah target in the Lebanese village of Yohmor, in response to earlier rocket fire on Metula, March 22, 2025. (Rabih Daher/AFP)
April 16, 2025, 4:22 pm
IDF: Two Hezbollah members killed in southern Lebanon drone strikes
Hamas operatives reportedly arrested by Lebanese army in Palestinian refugee camps, amid exposure by Amman of alleged Muslim Brotherhood terror cell said to have trained in Lebanon
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
Palestinian boys carry their national flag, as they stand on the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Syrian civil war and also demolished by the Damascus government or stripped by thieves, at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, outside Damascus, Syria, December 14, 2024. (Hussein Malla/AP)
December 15, 2024, 10:52 am
Palestinian refugees return to uncertain future in Yarmouk under new Syrian regime
Residents of civil war-ruined district hope they can rebuild their homes, but do not know if rebels who ousted hostile Assad government are friends or foes
By AP and ToI Staff
This handout picture released on the X account (formerly Twitter) of the Lebanese Army on September 14, 2023 shows Lebanese Army Chief Joseph Aoun meeting with soldiers at the Mohammad Zgheib Barracks in the southern coastal city of Sidon amid ongoing clashes in the Ain al-Helwe refugee camp. (Handout/Twitter account of Lebanese Army/AFP)
September 14, 2023, 11:00 pm
Palestinian fighters in Lebanon camp agree new truce after another week of violence
Deal brokered by Lebanese parliament speaker comes after at least 17 people killed and around 100 wounded in the clashes in Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp
By AFP
Smoke rises during clashes between members of the Palestinian Fatah group and Islamist groups in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, September 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
September 11, 2023, 6:50 am
Warring Palestinian groups vow to honor truce after clashes in Lebanon refugee camp
Renewed violence has claimed 5 lives in 3 days in Ein el-Hilweh, with forces loyal to Abbas and extremist rivals saying they’ll abide by ceasefire
By AP and ToI Staff
Smoke rises during clashes between members of the Palestinian Fatah group and Islamist terrorists in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, September 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
September 9, 2023, 6:10 pm
3 killed in fresh fighting at Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon
10 wounded in skirmishes between Fatah and other groups as PA’s Abbas, Lebanon’s PM work to end fighting that has forced hundreds to flee for safety
By AP and ToI Staff
Smoke billows during clashes in the Ain el-Helweh camp for Palestinian refugees, in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Sidon on September 8, 2023. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
September 8, 2023, 1:04 pm
At least 20 wounded as clashes renew in Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon
Fighting restarts after a group of Palestinian factions in Ain al-Helweh gave Islamist group deadline to hand over fighters involved in ambush, but it did not comply
By AFP
Illustrative: Smoke rises during a clashes that erupted between members of the Palestinian Fateh group and Islamist militants in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, July 30, 2023. (Mohammad Zaatari/AP)
September 8, 2023, 12:40 am
Fresh clashes break out at Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon
Fighting in Ein al-Helweh camp once again pits members of Abbas’s Fatah movement against fighters from rival terror groups, leading dozens of families to flee
By AFP
A man walks past closed shops in the aftermath of clashes between the Fatah movement and Islamists inside the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in the southern coastal city of Sidon on August 1, 2023. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
August 30, 2023, 11:29 pm
UN seeking $15.5 million for Palestinian camps in Lebanon ravaged by clashes
A month after street battles broke out, UNWRA says funds needed to repair infrastructure, provide alternate schooling locations and hand cash assistance to displaced persons
By AP
File: A Palestinian woman receives medicine from a doctor at a clinic run by the agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, June 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
August 18, 2023, 4:03 pm
UNRWA halts services in Lebanon camp to protest Palestinian gunmen on site
Decision comes as armed men remain at UN facilities after deadly clashes between rival groups at camp earlier this month; refugee agency says services will resume Saturday
By Agencies
Members of the Palestinian Fatah group run to take position during clashes that erupted with Islamist factions in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari, File)
August 6, 2023, 8:37 am
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain urge citizens to leave Lebanon after Palestinian camp clashes
A week of internal fighting between Fatah and Islamist groups in Ein el-Hilweh has left 13 dead, dozens injured and thousands displaced
By AP and ToI Staff
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, speaks at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
August 3, 2023, 4:53 pm
Lebanon warns PA’s Abbas that troops may intervene if refugee camp clashes continue
Najib Mikati calls Palestinian Authority president to decry ‘flagrant violation of Lebanese sovereignty’ in Ein El-Hilweh camp, where fighting between rival factions has killed 13
By AP
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