At least 5 dead and 7 wounded in clashes inside crowded Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
Palestinian officials say at least five people have been killed and seven others wounded during clashes in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp BEIRUT -- Fighting raged Sunday in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp near the southern port city of Sidon, killing at least five people and wounding seven, Palestinian officials said. UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, put the death toll at six, and Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said two children were among those wounded. The Palestinian officials, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said the fighting broke out after an unknown gunman tried to kill Islamist militant Mahmoud Khalil, killing a companion of his instead. Later, Islamist militants shot and killed a Palestinian Military general from the Fatah group and three escorts as they were walking through a parking lot, another Palestinian official told AP. Ein el-Hilweh is notorious for its lawlessne...