Clashes continue between factions in Palestinian camp in Lebanon as death toll climbs to 9

By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL
Associated Press

SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — The death toll has risen to nine in three days of clashes between Palestinian factions at a refugee camp in Lebanon that have pitted members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party against Islamist groups. A Lebanese lawmaker announced a cease-fire agreement late Monday but some gunfire continued afterward, and earlier efforts to broker a cease-fire had failed to stop the shooting and shelling through the narrow streets of the Ein el-Hilweh camp in southern Lebanon. A Lebanese army spokesperson confirmed Monday that at least nine people were killed at the camp. Two soldiers stationed outside the camp were lightly wounded, Col. Fadi Abou Eid said.