Hezbollah Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Ain al-Hilweh Camp

Date: 12 September 2023 - 22:23

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BEIRUT (Dispatches) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement voiced deep sorrow over the infighting in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp.
In a statement, Hezbollah boldly opposed and categorically rejected the infighting, stressing that the Zionist enemy is the only beneficiary and that the Palestinian people and cause are the most affected.
“At a time when the Palestinian resistance fighters in the inside are engaging in the greatest epics aimed at liberating the soil of Palestine, this pointless fighting … destroys people and stones, deepens the tragedy, and greatly harms Palestinian national unity and the future of national action.”
Hezbollah called for an immediate ceasefire and commitment to the stipulations as well as mechanisms of the solution approved within the framework of the Palestinian national action, in coordination with the Lebanese security services and the active and influential forces.
“Deeply pained by the fall of the innocent victims”, Hezbollah asked God Almighty to grant the casualties families mercy and patience and the wounded wellness and recovery.
Hezbollah finally praised all the efforts exerted by all parties to decisively end this fighting, cope with its repercussions, and prevent it from erupting again.
Ten people were killed and dozens wounded in renewed violence between rival groups in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, with a senior Palestinian official flying in on Monday amid fears the bloodshed could spread.
Fighting resumed over the weekend after a month-long ceasefire and has since left at least 10 people dead, according to two Palestinian sources in the camp. Six of them were from Fatah and another two were from the rival group.
The two remaining victims were civilians, a Lebanese security source and two Palestinian sources said. One was killed on Saturday when a stray bullet from the clashes reached a town near the camp, the Lebanese security source said.
Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem also said on Sunday that the armed clashes in the Ain al-Hilweh camp in southern Lebanon would lead to no victory and serve the Zionist regime’s interests.
“Undoubtedly, these incidents will not win any victory and none of the involved parties will benefit from them,” he said. “These events are only in line with the interests of the occupying regime because the camps for refugees must be calm to prepare them to confront the enemy and prepare their return to their land after liberation; not for war and conflict.”
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said over 2,000 people were forced to flee since the beginning of the clashes in the camp in late July, which involved heavy weaponry.