Personal Dispute Erupts in Ain el-Hilweh

A personal dispute erupted at dawn in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon, the state-run National News Agency reported on Sunday.

The dispute took place at the neighborhood of Safwari and escalated into armed clashes but no injures were reported.

The Joint Palestinian Security Force was trying to contain the situation, NNA added.

Ain el-Hilweh, the largest Palestinian camp in the Lebanon, is home to about 50,000 refugees who live in dire conditions and is known to harbor extremists and fugitives.

By long-standing convention, the Lebanese army does not enter the country's 12 refugee camps, leaving security inside to the Palestinians themselves.