Lebanese Army Steps Up Security around Beddawi Camp
The Lebanese army was placed on maximum alert over the past 48 hours in the environs of the northern Beddawi camp, providing no public explanation for the stepped up security, As Safir daily reported Saturday.
Military units, backed with tanks, were deployed near the Talla military post of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, the paper said. The move created a state of tension in the camp among Palestinian leaderships and residents.
Palestinian factions have been asserting that coordination and cooperation with the Lebanese army "have reached advanced levels after the former handed over fugitives and helped hunt down Fatah Islam members who had fled to the camp" armed confrontations with the army in 2007 came to an end.
The factions have been in contact with their leaderships inside and outside the camp over the stepped up security, the daily added.