Palestinian resistance group Hamas says Fatah gunmen shot dead four of its members in southern Lebanon during a funeral, an allegation rival movement Fatah rejects
The shootings took place at a Palestinian refugee camp of Burj al-Shemali during the funeral of a Hamas supporter.
Fatah condemned Sunday's incident, rejected Hamas' allegation and urged all sides to wait for the results of an investigation.during the funeral of a Hamas supporter who was killed in an explosion on Friday night in the camp in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre. "Fatah gunmen deliberately opened fire against people taking part in the funeral march," one Hamas official told Reuters news agency, asking not to be named.Speaking to Reuters in Ramallah by phone from Beirut, the Palestinian ambassador to Lebanon, Ashraf Dabour, rejected Hamas allegations.
Fatah controls the Palestinian Authority that exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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