Amal and Hezbollah clash overnight in the Bekaa
A clash between Hezbollah and Amal supporters occurred last night in the village of Mashghara in the Western Bekaa.
Two Amal supporters were injured in the clash, where multiple types of weapons were used, among them, Kamel Idi, also known as Kamle Al-Zir.
The Al-Mustaqbal daily quoted sources as saying that the incident followed from a power struggle over lands surrounding the Litani Lake, but other sources told the paper that such armed clashes are not new, and that the existing tension between Amal and Hezbollah leaders is being reflected through such fights.
The Lebanese army intervened minutes after the clash occurred, and army and ISF troops are patrolling the area.
A separate quarrel took place in Beirut”s Jnah district between members of the Abdel Hay family and others from the Salameh family that quickly developed into exchange of gunfire. Both families are supporters of Hizbullah.
Security sources reported no casualties, but said a member of the Salameh family soon set the house of Bilal Abdel Hay in the nearby Ouzai neighborhood on fire.
Security forces quickly stepped in and opened an investigation into the incident.
Al Mustaqbal said security forces arrested 12 suspects.
Seperate overnight clashes in Beirut were confirmed by security sources Monday that lead assailants to set a house on fire.
The sources said three people were wounded when members of Speaker Nabih Berri”s Amal movement fought it out with supporters of MP Saad Hariri”s al Mustaqbal party in Beirut”s Corniche Mazraa neighborhood.
They were identified as Nabil Zaidan, Mohammed Omran and a third from the al-Tal family.
Fighting soon quelled when army troops and police deployed in the area and dispersed the gunmen.
Al Mustaqbal newspaper, however, said that Omran was kidnapped and brutally beaten by Amal members before they handed him to the army”s intelligence.
Omran, the paper said, is being treated at the military hospital.
A separate quarrel took place in Beirut”s Jnah district between members of the Abdel Hay family and others from the Salameh family that quickly developed into exchange of gunfire. Both families are supporters of Hizbullah.
Security sources reported no casualties, but said a member of the Salameh family soon set the house of Bilal Abdel Hay in the nearby Ouzai neighborhood on fire.
Security forces quickly stepped in and opened an investigation into the incident.
Al Mustaqbal said security forces arrested 12 suspects.