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Lebanon warns army may intervene if Palestinian faction clashes continue

A view shows the entrance to Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in Sidon, Lebanon [Aziz Taher/Reuters]

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has threatened to send in the Lebanese army to the country’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, where fighting in recent days has killed more than a dozen people, wounded many more and displaced thousands.

In a phone call, Mikati urged the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas to ensure hostilities between Palestinian factions at the Ein el-Hilweh camp cease.

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