Jund al-Sham Ranking Official Killed
Three Palestinian militants were killed in a clash with the mainstream Fatah guerrilla group in the southern refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh, Palestinian sources reported Sunday.
The sources said the three were members of Islamist factions the Ansar League and Jund al-Sham.
One source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Shadeh Johar, a ranking Jund al-Sham official, passed away at dawn Sunday from wounds he suffered during the clash with fighters of President Mahmoud Abbas” mainline Fatah faction.
The second Jund al-Sham fatality was identified as Abdul Nasser Dawali.
A member of the Ansar League, identified as Walid Salloum also was killed when he got caught by the cross-fire, the source said.
The clash, which lasted for nearly 30 minutes on Saturday evening, also wounded a 70-year old Palestinian man.