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UNRWA Suspends Services in Palestinian Refugee Camp in Lebanon after Clashes

FILE - Palestinian boys jump during a soccer training session at a school run by the agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, at Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on June 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)
FILE - Palestinian boys jump during a soccer training session at a school run by the agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, at Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on June 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)
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UNRWA Suspends Services in Palestinian Refugee Camp in Lebanon after Clashes

FILE - Palestinian boys jump during a soccer training session at a school run by the agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, at Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on June 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)
FILE - Palestinian boys jump during a soccer training session at a school run by the agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, at Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on June 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has suspended services at the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon to protest the presence of armed fighters around its schools and other facilities within the area.

Deadly clashes broke out last month at the Ain el-Hilweh camp near the southern city of Sidon after Islamist gunmen tried to assassinate Fatah leader Mahmoud Khalil, forcing hundreds to flee.

"The Agency does not tolerate actions that breach the inviolability and neutrality of its installations,” UNRWA said in a statement.

It said that schools in the camp were unlikely to be available for 3,200 children at the start of the new school year.

"UNRWA reiterates its call on armed actors to immediately vacate its facilities, to ensure unimpeded delivery of much needed assistance to Palestine Refugees," the agency added.

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Lebanese Red Cross Will Try Again to Remove Bodies from Israeli Strike Site

A picture taken from the area of Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon shows explosions over buildings in the town of Khiam, during Israeli bombardment on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (AFP)
A picture taken from the area of Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon shows explosions over buildings in the town of Khiam, during Israeli bombardment on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (AFP)
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Lebanese Red Cross Will Try Again to Remove Bodies from Israeli Strike Site

A picture taken from the area of Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon shows explosions over buildings in the town of Khiam, during Israeli bombardment on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (AFP)
A picture taken from the area of Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon shows explosions over buildings in the town of Khiam, during Israeli bombardment on October 31, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. (AFP)

The Lebanese Red Cross will send another convoy Tuesday to Wata al-Khiam in southern Lebanon to search for and remove the bodies of 15 people killed in an Israeli airstrike, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said.

Paramedics accessed the site of the strike two days prior and removed five other bodies, but needed to return with larger vehicles to remove the rubble.

The NNA said the deployment is in coordination with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, which is the usual procedure.

The Red Cross did not immediately comment on the news, but expressed concern in recent weeks over several instances where Israel has struck in or close to areas where they have deployed paramedics to search for wounded people and casualties.

The Israeli military said it issued warnings to the residents there in late October to evacuate ahead of strikes on Hezbollah militant targets, and told ambulances to avoid the area.