(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) One member of the Palestinian Fatah movement was killed and three others were injured Monday evening as clashes continued in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon, a Lebanese security source confirmed.
The sound of fierce gunfire and rocket fire could be heard from neighboring Sidon.
In a telephone call with Petra's reporter in Beirut, the source added that fighting between the Jund al-Sham Islamist group and members of Fatah movement escalated in the northern part of Ain al-Hilweh camp and quickly spread to different parts of the camp, where a number of families fled outside the camp.
The Lebanese army reinforced its positions at the four main entrances to Ain al-Hilweh, the source added.
The escalating rivalry between Islamist groups and Fatah has erupted into clashes several times over the past few months.
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