US EditionLebanese Official Says Disarmament of Palestinian Camps Could Pave Way for New Refugee Rights
Palestinian factions including Fatah have surrendered heavy weapons to the Lebanese army, aiming to end armed militias in camps and enhance state sovereignty, officials said.
- Several Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon have recently surrendered their stockpiles of weapons to the Lebanese military as part of ongoing disarmament initiatives.
- This action follows an agreement reached at a May summit in Beirut between the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Lebanon’s head of state, Joseph Aoun, to ensure that all weapons held within Palestinian refugee camps are turned over to the government.
- Weapons handed over include Grad rockets, RPGs, and machine guns from camps such as Burj al-Barajneh and those near Tyre, with Palestinian officials overseeing the process.
- Dimashkieh emphasized that all arms provided have now been transferred to the Lebanese Armed Forces and expressed hope about making progress with Hamas, despite the group's reluctance to disarm due to security issues.
- The disarmament initiative may lead to enhanced legal rights for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and envisions a transition where the camps are managed by civilian Palestinian authorities while Lebanese security forces oversee patrols, despite existing internal factional differences.
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Lebanese official says disarmament of Palestinian camps could pave way for new refugee rights
Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon have started handing over weapons to the Lebanese army. This move could lead to more legal rights for Palestinian refugees in the country.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has indicated that Lebanon could be considering banning Hamas as Lebanese authorities continue disarming Palestinian camps, the Al-Akhbar newspaper has reported. Envoys from the Palestinian Authority overseeing the handover of weapons from refugee camps in Lebanon mentioned this during meetings with Lebanese officials, Al-Akhbar cited local sources as saying. This would aim to "expose Hamas, isolate it, and po…
7 trucks with heavy and medium weapons were transferred from the a-Rashid camp to the Lebanese army • This is another step in the process of collecting weapons that is taking place in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon as part of the understandings between the President of Lebanon and the Chairman of the PA • Palestinian terrorist organizations reject the agreement and the Palestinian Authority claims that the process will be completed gra…
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