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UN suspends services at Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon after clashes

Residents who fled Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp after Palestinian faction clashes, rest near a mosque in Sidon, Lebanon, on July 30, 2023 [Aziz Taher/Reuters]

A United Nations agency has suspended services at the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon to protest against the presence of armed fighters around its four schools and other facilities within the area.

Deadly clashes broke out at the Ein el-Hilweh camp last month after a gunman from the hardline Junud al-Sham armed group tried to assassinate Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the Palestinian political faction, Fatah, forcing hundreds to flee.

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