Automatic weapons and anti-tank fire shook south Lebanon’s Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp on Monday, after fighting killed six people over the weekend, an AFP correspondent said. Limited skirmishes erupted again Sunday night, escalating into heavy clashes with gunfire and shelling on Monday, said the AFP correspondent in the southern city of Sidon, where the camp is located. “Things are supposed to go back to normal soon,” an official involved in the ceasefire negotiations told AFP, asking for anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. Fighting began overnight on Saturday, killing an Islamist and injuring six others, a Palestinian source inside the camp had told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons. By long-standing convention, the Lebanese army does not enter Palestinian refugee camps in the country, leaving the factions themselves to handle security.

Source: The Guardian July 31, 2023 21:49 UTC