The young Lebanese Elio Abou Hanna, killed by a Palestinian patrol in the Shatila camp at dawn on Oct. 26, 2025, in the south of Beirut. (Photo circulating on social media)
In the early hours of Sunday, around 1 a.m., 24-year-old Lebanese Elio Abou Hanna was shot dead by an armed Palestinian patrol while driving in the eastern part of the Shatila Palestinian camp, located in southern Beirut.Surveillance footage circulating widely on social media shows his car speeding before crashing into a building.Abou Hanna was driving from Beirut's Badaro neighborhood to his home in northern Metn, according to several sources, including Rabah Karakeh, Dbayeh's mokhtar (local official in charge of records), who knew the victim well.He apparently got lost before ending up in Shatila, where he unexpectedly encountered a Palestinian patrol. The details you (may have) missed Palestinian armed presence in Lebanon: What does the Cairo agreement say? His car was then riddled with bullets. Seriously injured, Abou...
In the early hours of Sunday, around 1 a.m., 24-year-old Lebanese Elio Abou Hanna was shot dead by an armed Palestinian patrol while driving in the eastern part of the Shatila Palestinian camp, located in southern Beirut.Surveillance footage circulating widely on social media shows his car speeding before crashing into a building.Abou Hanna was driving from Beirut's Badaro neighborhood to his home in northern Metn, according to several sources, including Rabah Karakeh, Dbayeh's mokhtar (local official in charge of records), who knew the victim well.He apparently got lost before ending up in Shatila, where he unexpectedly encountered a Palestinian patrol. The details you (may have) missed Palestinian armed presence in Lebanon: What does the Cairo agreement say? His car was then riddled with bullets. Seriously injured, Abou...
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