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Gunbattle at Palestinian camp in Lebanon kills two

The death toll in a gunbattle betwen members of Fatah and Sunni Islamists at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon rose to two on Sunday.

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  • Published: 00:01 July 20, 2008
  • Gulf News

Ein Al Hilweh: The death toll in a gunbattle betwen members of Fatah and Sunni Islamists at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon rose to two on Sunday.

The gunbattle erupted late on Saturday and one man was shot while trying to intervene to halt the clash at Ein Al Hilweh camp between Fatah and Jund Al Sham.

The second dead man was a member of the Al Qaida-inspired group.

Another Jund Al Sham fighter was seriously wounded in the fighting at the camp, which is near the city of Sidon in southern Lebanon.

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