Gun Battles between Hamas, Fatah in Mieh Mieh, 1 Killed
Militants from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas” Fatah faction and rival Islamist movement Hamas fought gun battles in the southern refugee camp of Mieh Mieh on Monday, killing a youth and wounding two more people.
The Lebanon commanded of the Palestinian Armed Struggle Command Munir Maqdah said the two sides fought each other with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades in the Mieh Mieh camp near the southern port city of Sidon.
He said Walid Zaidan, the younger brother of Fatah commander in Mieh Mieh, was killed in the fighting.
Maqdah said fighting is dying down after the camp”s security forces intervened in an effort to halt the violence.
The army does not enter the camps, leaving responsibility for security to Palestinian factions.