AMMAN, July 31 (Reuters) - Hundreds of residents of a main Palestinian camp in Lebanon fled on Monday as fighting between mainstream faction Fatah and radical Islamists raged for a third day, residents and security sources said.
At least 11 people have been kllled and 40 wounded in the clashes that broke out in Ain el-Hilweh camp, near the southern coastal city of Sidon, over the weekend, security and Palestinian sources said.
On Monday, the warring groups fired rocket-propelled grenades at each other in the crowded alleys of the camp.
More than 2,000 people were forced to flee, seeking safety, said Dorothee Klaus, head of UNRWA, the U.N.agency responsible for the welfare of Palestinian refugees, which runs basic services in the camp with over 50,000 inhabitants.
Shrapnel injured several Lebanese soldiers outside the walled camp were the army control access for people in checkpoints outside.
Persons:
Fatah, Dorothee Klaus, Klaus, Shrapnel, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Nidal Al Mughrabi, Ali Sawafta, Angus MacSwan
Organizations:
Fatah, Iranian Hezbollah, UNRWA, Thomson
Locations:
AMMAN, Lebanon, Ain el, Sidon, Israel, Gaza, Ramallah