Middle East Monitor / August 4, 2023
The commander of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah), and a member of the movement’s Lebanon Command, Major General Munir al-Maqdah, yesterday warned of an “international plot” aimed at “destroying the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, especially the Ain al-Hilweh camp; which is the epicentre and “capital” of the Palestinian diaspora.
Al-Maqdah told Quds Press that the violent clashes that erupted in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp near the southern city of Sidon are “almost over” after the conclusion of a ceasefire agreement.
He pointed out that the Palestinian national and Islamic forces and factions have formed a committee to investigate the assassination of the Palestinian national security commander in the Fatah movement, Major General Muhammad al-Armoushi (Abu Ashraf), along with four of his companions, in addition to the assassination of Abdul-Rahman Farhood, one day earlier.
He stressed that the plot against the Ain al-Hilweh camp, which also targets the Palestinian cause, “will fail due to the unity of the Palestinian-Lebanese position.”
