Special Report:
Palestine-Israel Conflicts
BEIRUT, March 25 (Xinhua) -- The senior official that
was killed in Lebanon was "a victim of inter-Palestinian feud," As-Safier daily
quoted security sources as saying on Wednesday.
Senior Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
official Kamal Medhat was killed by a roadside bomb Monday at the entrance of
Palestinian refugee camp of Miyeh Miyeh in south Lebanon.
The security sources said he was killed by a
Palestinian-made bomb which was likely prepared in the Palestinian refugee camp
of Ain el-Helweh in south Lebanon.
Medhat, deputy assistant of PLO representative in
Lebanon Abbas Zaki, was "victim of inter-Palestinian feud, due to a clear split
within Fatah movement ranks," since new arrangements were underway to separate
the management of the organization from the military wing, the security sources
said.
The daily added that Medhat was to become in charge
of Fatah military wing, while a senior Fatah commander Sultan Abul Aynien was to
be in charge of the management.
Abul Aynien warned Tuesday that the assassination
could be the beginning of a "cycle to target Fatah officials in Lebanon."
The report also quoted a senior Lebanese security
official as warning against turning Ain el-Helweh camp into another Naher
el-Barid camp, which was completely destroyed following fierce clashes in 2007
between the Lebanese Amy and fundamentalist group of Fatah al-Islam inside the
camp.
A Lebanese government source said Tuesday that
Medhat's assassination was a "warning to Lebanese leaders."
TV: Senior PLO official killed in
Lebanon bombing
BEIRUT, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Liberation
Organization (PLO) deputy representative in Lebanon Kamal Medhat along with at
least two bodyguards were killed Monday by a roadside bomb near the entrance of
Miyeh Miyeh Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, Al-Manar TV reported.
PLO security official Munir Maqdah has confirmed the
death of Kamal Medhat, the report said. Full story
Hamas: PLO official's killing aims at
undermining Palestinian unity
BEIRUT, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Hamas representative in
Lebanon Ousama Hamdan said Monday that the killing of Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO) deputy representative Kamal Medhat is aimed at undermining
Palestinian unity, local LBC TV reported.
The explosion aims at "destabilizing the Palestinian
situation which has been calm for a while. Kamal Medhat played a major role in
stabilizing the situation and in unifying ranks," Hamdan told LBC. Full story
PLO stresses assassination of
Palestinian official also targets Lebanon
BEIRUT, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Liberation
Organization (PLO) security chief in Lebanon Mounir Makdah said Tuesday that the
assassination of a PLO senior official in Lebanon targets the Lebanese security
as well, New TV reported.
Deputy Palestinian representative in Lebanon Kamal
Medhat was killed Monday in a car explosion at the entrance of the Palestinian
refugee camp of Miyeh Myieh in south Lebanon along with two of his
bodyguards. Full story
Abbas mourns senior Fatah official
killed in Lebanon blast
RAMALLAH/BEIRUT, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday mourned the death of senior Fatah official,
General Kamal Medhat, who was killed in an explosion near a Palestinian refugee
camp in south Lebanon.
Abbas condemned what he called "the terrorist crime"
that targeted General Medhat, deputy chief of Palestine Liberation Organization
(PLO) in Lebanon, the official Wafa news agency reported. Full story
