28-03-2024 03:38 PM Jerusalem Timing

Sporadic Clashes in Sidon after Killing of Fatah Al-Islam Leader’s Nephew

Sporadic Clashes in Sidon after Killing of Fatah Al-Islam Leader’s Nephew

Khalil is accused of carrying out several assassinations and there are many evidences and confessions about them

Sporadic clashes took place far midnight on Sunday in the Palestinian camp of Ain al-Hilweh after the assassination of Ali Khalil, Al-Manar’s correspondent in Sidon reported.Army

Khalil, who is the nephew of hardline Jund al-Sham leader Osama Shehabi, is accused of carrying out several assassinations and there are many evidences and confessions about them.

There were conflicting information about the shooting and killing which took place. Some information mentioned that an armed group opened fire on people in the neighborhood of Al-Sefsaf inside the camp what lead to the killing of Ali Khalil.

Other information said that there was an assassination attempt against the leader of Fatah al- Islam, Osama al-Shahabi himself in a slum in the aforementioned neighborhood by gunmen who were preparing an ambush for him but his nephew was killed after suffering a fatal injury in the head and stomach. The information added that five others were wounded and all were taken to a hospital inside the camp.

It is reported that the man was taken to Labib Medical hospital in Sidon, which is surrounded by a number of state security and military services.

Gunmen deployed heavily in al-Sefsaf neighborhood after Ali Khalil, who is also the nephew of al-Shahabi, succumbed to his wounds.