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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Palestinians in Lebanon

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
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
A member of the Palestinian Fatah Movement fires in the air during the funeral procession of Abu Ashraf al-Armoushi, the Palestinian National Security Commander in the Saida region, at Rashidiyeh Palestinian refugee camp, southern Lebanon, July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)
August 1, 2023, 4:42 am
Palestinian general among 11 killed during sectarian violence in Lebanon camp
Fighting between Palestinian Authority’s ruling Fatah party and Islamist groups continues into 3rd day, leaving more than 40 wounded
By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL
Amira Mansour (C) dances as Samir Damouni plays the Oud during a community Christmas dinner for elderly residents at the only majority-Christian Palestinian refugee camp, in Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, December 21, 2022. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
December 23, 2022, 2:18 pm
Lebanon’s Christian Palestinian refugee camp balances complex identities
Dbayeh camp keeps low profile during Christmas, and is regarded with suspicion by other Palestinians for its position during country’s civil war
By ABBY SEWELL
Illustrative: Hezbollah fighters hold flags as they attend the memorial of their slain leader Sheik Abbas al-Mousawi, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in 1992, in Tefahta village, South Lebanon, February 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)
January 31, 2022, 10:58 am
Lebanon claims to bust over 15 Israeli spy rings
Report says alleged operatives, among them a senior security official, provided information on Hezbollah and Palestinian factions
By ToI Staff
Palestinian mourners carry the bodies of two members of Hamas who were killed after gunfire erupted last Sunday during a Hamas-organized funeral in a Palestinian refugee camp, during their funeral procession in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on December 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
December 14, 2021, 8:38 pm
Hamas blames Fatah for deadly shooting in Lebanon refugee camp
Terror group says rival militia members were behind killings at Sunday funeral
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Armed fighters and people take part in a funeral procession for Hamza Ibrahim Shahin (pictured in posters), a member of the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group, in the Burj al-Shamali camp for Palestinian refugees near the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on December 12, 2021. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
December 12, 2021, 6:01 pm
Deadly clashes break out during funeral for Hamas member in Lebanon refugee camp
Several said killed in gun battle between Hamas and Fatah members at burial of Hamza Shaheen, who was killed when underground weapons depot exploded
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinian factions, in coordination with Lebanese security forces, impose a lockdown on the Wavel camp in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, April 22, 2020. (AFP)
April 25, 2020, 6:14 am
Lebanon closes off Palestinian refugee camp after virus cases found
Four residents of Wavel, in city of Baalbek, test positive for coronavirus as fears grow of outbreak in overcrowded community
By BASSAM HATOUM and HUSSEIN MALLA
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees waving Palestinian and Canadian flags request asylum at a rally outside the Canadian Embassy, in Beirut, Lebanon, September 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
September 5, 2019, 4:58 pm
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon rally for asylum outside Canadian embassy
Periodic protests continue after crackdown on undocumented foreign labor by authorities; protesters also decry what they say is widespread corruption at UNRWA
By Agencies
Students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
September 3, 2019, 6:07 pm
Palestinian Harvard freshman denied entry to US finally allowed in
After deportation of Ismail Ajjawi following 8-hour interrogation at Boston airport, authorities reissue visa
By AP and ToI Staff
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