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Palestinians in Lebanon

Footage showing an IDF strike on a Hamas facility in Lebanon on November 18, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 19, 2025, 12:45 am
IDF strikes Hamas facility near Lebanon’s Sidon; local officials say 13 killed
Army says ‘military compound’ was used for training operatives to attack Israel; IDF confirms strikes earlier in the day killed two Hezbollah operatives
By Emanuel Fabian
Lebanese army soldiers load boxes of weapons handed over by Palestinian groups onto trucks at the Burj al-Barajneh camp in Beirut's southern suburbs on August 29, 2025. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
August 30, 2025, 7:17 pm
Palestinian factions hand over weapons from Beirut camps
Truckloads of guns, rockets and heavy weapons leave towns as government continues its efforts to disarm non-state groups
By AFP
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
Army soldiers stand next to a pickup carrying weapons handed over by Palestinian factions at the Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon on August 21, 2025. (AP/Hussein Malla)
August 22, 2025, 1:48 am
Fatah surrenders some weapons to Lebanon; US said to ask Israel to limit Hezbollah strikes
Handover marks modest first step in plan to disarm Palestinian refugee camps, though Hamas vows factions will stay armed ‘so long as the occupation remains on Palestinian soil’
By Agencies
Israeli civilian Salah Abu Hussein (left) meets with Israel's coordinator for hostages and missing persons, Gal Hirsch, after being returned from Lebanon, on August 21, 2025. (Michael Dimenshtein/GPO)
August 21, 2025, 4:49 pm
Lebanon hands over Israeli man jailed for past year; family didn’t know where he was
Salah Abu Hussein disappeared in mid-2024; relatives welcome ‘big surprise’ after secret talks; Netanyahu says release ‘a sign of things to come’
By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff
People drive on a street past portraits of slain Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and buildings damaged in Israeli strikes in the recent war, amid the first round of municipal elections, in the Ghobeiry neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburb on May 4, 2025. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
May 23, 2025, 10:20 pm
Hezbollah seeks boost in Lebanon vote as disarmament calls grow
Though the terror group was badly weakened by the war with Israel, popular support among Lebanese Shi’ites remains strong
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A man rides a motorbike in a narrow alleyway at the Burj al Barajneh camp for Palestinian refugees in Beirut's southern suburbs on May 20, 2025. (Joseph EID / AFP)
May 23, 2025, 4:53 pm
Lebanon will start disarming Palestinian refugee camps in June, official says
Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam, PA President Mahmoud Abbas agree to ‘remove weapons from camps,’ starting with Beirut-area communities, in break with long-standing non-intervention policy
By AFP and ToI Staff
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, on May 21, 2025/ (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
May 21, 2025, 7:57 pm
Beirut, PA agree that Lebanon won’t be used as a launchpad for attacks on Israel
Abbas and Aoun agree on ‘commitment’ that Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon can’t be ‘safe havens for extremist groups,’ don’t specify how crackdown is planned
By AP and ToI Staff
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
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
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