Published : 06-12-2016
Tension has been running high in the Ein Al-Hilweh Camp for Palestinian refugees in the Lebanese city of Sidon as a security mayhem flared up in the area on Monday, December 5, following an assassination attempt against a security fellow.
Heavy spates of gunfire were detected in the camp, sparking panic among schoolchildren and their families.
726 Palestinian-Syrian families are sheltered in Ein Al-Hiwleh Camp, fleeing the beleaguered Syrian camps.
A few weeks earlier, tension flared up in the camp following the attempts of the Lebanese authorities to build an isolation fence around the shelter.
Palestinian sources warned of an explosion to burst out in the camp, housing over 80,000 refugees, as a result of the security disorder.
On August 25, 2015, violent clashes between Fatah Al-Sham Brigade and Jund Al-Sham battalion, over an assassination attempt against the Ein Al-Hiweh national security officer Sa’id Al-Armoushi, took away the lives of three refugees and left several others wounded.
A state of security turmoil flared up in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and culminated in the formation of a security commission to alleviate the tension, at time through recourse to armed force in an attempt to quash the militias and gangs who crept into the camp.
Tension has been running high in the Ein Al-Hilweh Camp for Palestinian refugees in the Lebanese city of Sidon as a security mayhem flared up in the area on Monday, December 5, following an assassination attempt against a security fellow.
Heavy spates of gunfire were detected in the camp, sparking panic among schoolchildren and their families.
726 Palestinian-Syrian families are sheltered in Ein Al-Hiwleh Camp, fleeing the beleaguered Syrian camps.
A few weeks earlier, tension flared up in the camp following the attempts of the Lebanese authorities to build an isolation fence around the shelter.
Palestinian sources warned of an explosion to burst out in the camp, housing over 80,000 refugees, as a result of the security disorder.
On August 25, 2015, violent clashes between Fatah Al-Sham Brigade and Jund Al-Sham battalion, over an assassination attempt against the Ein Al-Hiweh national security officer Sa’id Al-Armoushi, took away the lives of three refugees and left several others wounded.
A state of security turmoil flared up in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and culminated in the formation of a security commission to alleviate the tension, at time through recourse to armed force in an attempt to quash the militias and gangs who crept into the camp.
