Al-Lino: We Can No Longer Remain Lenient with Criminals Targeting Ain al-Hilweh

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Fatah's Lebanon commander Mahmoud Issa, alias "Al-Lino" stressed that measures will be taken against sides seeking to create unrest in the volatile Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh.

He told Ad Diyar daily in remarks published on Sunday: “We can no longer remain lenient with those criminals.”

“We will confront any criminal act that targets the security of the camp and the neighboring areas,” he added.

“Targeting the camp is aimed at attacking the security of our people and that of the entire region,” he continued.

One person was killed and eight others wounded in Ain al-Helweh on Saturday when armed clashes erupted between rival factions.

An AFP correspondent in the camp said clashes erupted Saturday afternoon between members of the mainstream Fatah faction, loyal to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, and Sunni Islamist group Jund al-Sham.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Fatah official told AFP the clashes were linked to the arrest on Friday of a Jund al-Sham member accused of planting a bomb in the camp targeting "Al-Lino."

Meanwhile, sources monitoring the situation told Ad Diyar that Palestinian security forces at the camp handed over to the army one of the suspects in Al-Lino’s assassination.

They revealed that two Fatah Islam members confessed to planting the bomb in the assassination attempt, adding that they are wanted by Lebanese judicial and security authorities.

Munir Maqdah, who is in charge of security at Ain al-Hilweh, told Ad Diyar that an agreement was reached between all Palestinian factions to hand the sides responsible for the unrest over to the security forces.

He stressed that the Palestinian forces are keen, now more than ever, on maintaining the security in the camp and the nearby areas.

“Our people will not allow anyone to target the camp as it will remain a resistant camp and we won’t allow anyone to change its identity,” he added.

Comments 5
Default-user-icon xen (Guest) over 12 years

then let the lebanese army go into the camp collect all weapons & turn the camp into a normal civil one
to later follow a road map for the transfer of palestinians outside of lebanon

Default-user-icon Ali (Guest) over 12 years

Wafflers and thugs.... why do you need arms in camps that are 80 kms from Israel? to fight Israel.... Well, that is expired merchandise for many reasons not to mention that resistance in Lebanon has no objective anymore since Israel withdrew from all occupied land, and equally important "resistance" is ONLY limited to Shiites from Hizbullah (The other Shiites resist inside beirut and Saida, etc exclusively). Also, what what is this claim "this camp is a resistant camp". Shu fi resistant and non resistant camps? We had enough of you and your cause. Infact, you have no cause any more, just like this Hizb of Iran. Lay down your illegal weapons, and respect my country that offered you a shelter.

Missing roger@10452 over 12 years

Too bad this scum bag survived.

Shame on our government to allow these thugs to remain armed.

Look at his rifle in the background. How many of you have your pictures taken with an M-16 next to you (except for hizb)???

Default-user-icon jiji (Guest) over 12 years

Lak rouh ya lino ya gada3 inta!!!

Thumb shab over 12 years

Clear the camps. send them all back to gaza. We need parking spaces