The camp is near the southern port city of Sidon in south Lebanon
Many Palestinian refugee families escaped from the camp to take refuge in Sidon city
The fighting is in the main street in the densely populated Ein al-Hilweh camp and is confined to this camp only.
Yesterday Fatah, the mainstream Palestinian faction, has captured Hussam Maarouf a terrorist ringleader in the southern refugee camp of Ein al-Hilweh and turned him over to the Lebanese authorities, a security source said Friday. This has angered Jund al-Sham because Maarouf is a key member of their organization.
There was no immediate word on any casualties from Friday's clashes.
Jund el Sham is associated with Fatah al-Islam , the terror group that fought a deadly battle with the Lebanese army last year in the north Lebanon refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared. The militants are an offshoot of Usbat al-Ansar another terrorist group in the Ein el Helweh camp.
Jund el Sham is a Syrian based group . Its name is derived from the greater Syrian term of Bilad el Sham , which includes Jordan , Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine ( present day Israel) and Syria. It has Palestinian and Lebanese fighters .
Several Palestinian leaders have entered the Ein el Helweh camp at around midnight to try and end the fighting . But according to security forces the fighting continued.
Tags: Ein el-Hilweh, Fatah, Fatah al-Islam, Jund el Sham, Palestinians, Refugees, Sidon
