Lebanese officer, soldier killed in refugee camp

  • 12/15/2022
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BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 27, SPA -- A Lebanese officer and a soldier were killed in overnight fighting with militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee campin the country's north, a senior military official saidFriday. The deaths raised to 121 the number of troops killed since fighting with Fatah militants entrenched in the Nahrel-Bared camp erupted May 20, said the official, speakingon condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. The official said the army would not halt its militaryoffensive until Fatah fighters either surrender orare killed. «The fighting is now raging in a small area in the oldcamp,» the official told The Associated Press, referringto the densely populated neighborhoods where most of the remaining fighters are thought to be barricaded. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/470727

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