A member of the mainstream Fatah movement and a civilian woman were killed when clashes erupted today inside the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el Hilweh in southern Lebanon, dpa cited Palestinian sources as saying. The clashes involved members from Fatah movement, who are loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and others from a Sunni fundamentalist group called Jund al-Sham (Soldiers of Greater Syria), which has links with al Qaeda. Sobhi Abu Arab, a Fatah military official in south Lebanon, said the clashes in Ain el-Hilweh were caused by an attack by Jund al-Sham member Abed Foddah against Fatah member Mohammad Tamim. Abu Arab called for Foddah to be handed over to the Lebanese army. The tensions the spread to the outskirts of the southern port city Sidon, where the camp is located.
