Summary
A Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut’s southern suburbs, site of the Nafisa / Umm Amir organizational-metadata episode and, with Shatila, of institutionalized cross-factional defensive fronts during the War of the Camps, commanded in part by Ali Abu Tawq (Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, PDF p.45-52, p.138-139).
Details
- During the War of the Camps the camp endured repeated Amal blockades; a January 1987 aid-workers’ telex described more than 12 weeks of complete siege for its 25,000 residents, women shot collecting water, and food stocks completely depleted (Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, PDF p.145, p.151-152).
- Its engineering committee built tunnels and shelters, and its defence used the same “mihwar” perimeter system as Shatila under a shared command (Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, PDF p.146, p.148).
Related pages
Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, War of the Camps, Ali Abu Tawq