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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
People flee Lebanon camp ahead of expected final assault
2007-07-13
Up to 150 people from the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon fled on 11 July, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Witnesses said the army was preparing a final assault on the Fatah al-Islam militants holed up inside.

Between 140 and 150 people, mostly men with weapons and a military bearing, had left the camp during a lull in fighting early in the day. Dr Abdel Aziz said fewer than a dozen of today's evacuees had arrived in Beddawi, with the remainder taken by the army to one of its nearby bases.
ICRC spokeswoman Virginia de la Guardia said between 140 and 150 people, mostly men, had left the camp during a lull in fighting early in the day. By afternoon, the army had resumed heavy bombardment of positions suspected to be held by the al-Qaeda-inspired Islamist militants. Dr Abdel Aziz of the Safad hospital in Beddawi camp, 10km from Nahr al-Bared and home to most of those displaced by the conflict, said fewer than a dozen of today's evacuees had arrived in Beddawi, with the remainder taken by the army to one of its nearby bases.

Abu Imad, of the Palestinian Popular Committee, spoke to IRIN from inside the Nahr al-Bared today. He estimated as many as 1,500 people still remained in the camp, many of them women and children. Previous estimates had put the number of civilians remaining at 400. There are no official figures of the numbers remaining. "There are people leaving now, as yesterday the army hit five underground shelters. No civilians were killed but they are worried the army is going to destroy the whole camp now," said Abu Imad.
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