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Palestinian dies after Lebanon gunbattle

The leader of a small Sunni Islamist group died from wounds suffered in a gunbattle, officials said on Sunday.

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  • Published: 12:52 July 20, 2008
  • Gulf News

Ein Al Hilweh: The leader of a small Sunni Islamist group died from wounds suffered in a gunbattle, officials said on Sunday.

Shehadeh Jawhar, an Iraq-trained Palestinian fighter, was seriously wounded on Saturday in a clash at Ein Al Hilweh camp between Fatah and Jund al-Sham.

Two people were also killed instantly in Saturday's fighting at the camp near the southern port city of Sidon, 40 km south of Beirut.

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