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Refugee Camps Under Attack: Where do Refugees Seek Refuge?

By Manila Ryce
Published Tuesday, August 8th, 2006, 10:07 pm
Filed under: Human Rights, World: Asia, War, Terrorism, World Issues, Society/Culture

This must be a bad week for refugees (not that they had it easy before). Ain Al Hilweh camp, a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, was struck by two Israeli shells. Israel has said it carried out an airstrike on the camp, while Palestinian and Lebanese officials believe the attack came from an Israeli gunboat. The refugee camp is the largest in Lebanon, home to 50,000 people. Half of the 380,000 Palestinians living in Lebanon live in refugee camps. Lebanese civilians, also fleeing Israeli attacks, have also been forced to find accommodations in the same camps. At least one person was killed in the attack and over 15, including 5 children, were wounded in the attack.

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