A bomb exploded inside the car belonging to mainstream Fatah commander at the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon on Wednesday but no one was hurt, security sources said.
Tension has risen at refugee camps in south Lebanon largely controlled by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's mainstream Fatah group since Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in fighting with Fatah in June. The security sources said Ali Shabaytah's car was parked in a square outside Fatah's offices in the Ein el-Hilweh camp in south Lebanon near the port city of Sidon. They said the bomb contained about 200 grams (0.44 pounds) of TNT explosives. There were no casualties in the blast. There are 12 refugee camps in Lebanon, home to half of about 400,000 Palestinians. |