A car bombing Tuesday targeted a prominent Palestinian official near the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh, a source told The Daily Star.
Al-Jadeed TV said General Fathi Zeidan, the senior Fatah officer in Mieh Mieh camp, was targeted in the explosion that rocked the Hay Al-American round about. The Fatah official is claimed to have died in the blast.
The source said that the bombing went off just a few meters outside the camp near the southern port city of Sidon.
Security force deployed heavily after the bombing went off.
Ain al-Hilweh witnessed skirmishes between rival Palestinian factions over the past few weeks, and has been repeatedly rocked by gun violence. It is also home to a number of extremist militant groups.
The escalation of events in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp has prompted Palestinian and Lebanese officials to attempt to contain the situation, as developments in the camp could impact Sidon and other neighboring areas.
