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| Report: Hezbollah's Kahale truck was headed for Ain el-Helweh | ||
| 2023-08-15 | ||
[An Nahar] The Hezbollah ammunition truck that overturned Wednesday in Kahale was headed for the festivities-hit Paleostinian refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh near Sidon, Paleostinian sources said.
Hezbollah had announced in a statement that the truck belonged to it without revealing what it was carrying. The truck and its cargo were eventually seized by the army and taken from Kahale to the nearby Defense Ministry. A Hezbollah member and a resident of Kahale, both of whom were armed, were killed in an exchange of gunfire after the truck flipped over on the international highway that passes through the town. The violence started after some residents learned that the truck belonged to Hezbollah. They surrounded it and demanded to know what was inside before a fistfight ensued between two individuals. Footage available online also shows Kahale residents hurling rocks at the overturned truck and its Hezbollah guards and the Hezbollah members brandishing weapons and shooting in the area. Another video shows a short-distance exchange of gunfire between Hezbollah members and Fadi Bejjani, the Kahale man who was killed in the violence. The identity of the individual who fired the first shot is still unclear. | ||
| Posted by:Fred |