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Palestinian man wounded after gunfire and hand grenade explosion in Rashidieh refugee camp

Palestinian man wounded after gunfire and hand grenade explosion in Rashidieh refugee camp

General view of the Ain al-Hilweh camp in South Lebanon. (Credit: NNA/File photo)

BEIRUT — A Palestinian man was wounded after being targeted by a hand grenade and gunfire on Friday in the Rashidieh Palestinian refugee camp near Sour in South Lebanon, L'Orient Today's correspondent in the South reported.

Unknown people threw a hand grenade and shot at Marwan Sharari on Friday morning while he was on his way to a mosque for morning prayer, according to our correspondent. 

Shariri was transferred to the Italian hospital in Sour for treatment.

Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, inside of which the Lebanese state has no jurisdiction, often experience armed clashes, sometimes between the Palestinian factions themselves.

Additional reporting by Muntasser Abdallah

BEIRUT — A Palestinian man was wounded after being targeted by a hand grenade and gunfire on Friday in the Rashidieh Palestinian refugee camp near Sour in South Lebanon, L'Orient Today's correspondent in the South reported.

Unknown people threw a hand grenade and shot at Marwan Sharari on Friday morning while he was on his way to a mosque for morning prayer, according to our correspondent. 

Shariri was transferred to the Italian hospital in Sour for treatment.

Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, inside of which the Lebanese state has no jurisdiction, often experience armed clashes, sometimes between the Palestinian factions themselves.

Additional reporting by Muntasser Abdallah