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What’s behind the fighting in Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp?

Ein el-Hilweh has been the scene of a large number of violent clashes and attacks over the decades. (Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo)

At least nine people have been killed and dozens wounded in three days of fighting in Ein el-Hilweh, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.

Renewed gunfire and shelling on Monday forced many terrified residents to flee their homes in the camp, which is home to more than 63,000 people, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

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