Two explosions in Ein al-Helweh camp in Beirut

News reports in Beirut said that two mortars went off in Ein al-Helweh camp for the Palestinian refugees in south Lebanon.

The news reports said that the first mortar bomb went off near one quarters of the Palestinian national liberation movement ( Fatah) in al-Briksat quarters, while the second blew up in one allies of Raas al-Ahmar quarters inside the camp. The two explosions resulted in no human casualties.

The two explosions came one day after the Lebanese authority executed Badee Hammadeh, known as Abi Obeida, who had ties to what is called the Islamic al-Deinyah group inside the camp.

The two explosions are the two recent in the in the series of explosions that took place recently in Ein al-Helweh camp, which is close to the coastal city of Sidon. The camp is witnessing continued tension ever since Islamists clashed with fighters supporting the Fatah Movement, led by the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, in August 2002 and resulted in killing three persons.

Worthy mentioning that Ein al-Helweh camp -- the largest for the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon -- is situated in one quarters of the coastal city of Sidon and is of a population exceeding 75,000 inhabitants. There are 12 camps for the Palestinian refugees sheltering 350 thousand Palestinian refugees. All of them are under complete Palestinian supervision.