Cautious calm prevailed on Friday in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon although a second round of fighting might erupt any minute if efforts to hand over wanted extremists to the Lebanese sate failed.
On Thursday, clashes erupted in the camp when militants from the wanted Bilal Abu Arqoub group opened fire at members of the Joint Palestinian Force. Exchanged shooting then escalated into rocket attacks, tossing bombs and sniping operations that resulted in the death of Obeida, the son of Bilal Abu Arqoub, and the injury of eight others.
But, next to the fighting stand residents who are sick of the presence of extremists and the security tension constantly witnessed in the camp in the past couple of months.