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The fighting broke out Thursday night after nearly a month of calm in Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp near the port city of Sidon between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah group and militant Islamist groups.
Rockets and bullets have fallen in areas outside of the refugee camp amid the clashes between Fatah and Islamist militants.
Islamist factions in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp said Sunday they will abide by a cease-fire after three days of clashes killed at least five people and left hundreds of families displaced. Fighting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement and Islamist groups has rocked southern Lebanon's Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp since Friday. Fatah and other factions in the camp had intended to crack down on suspects accused of killing one of their military generals in late July.
Fighting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement and Islamist groups has rocked southern Lebanon's Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp since Friday.
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