FIVE PALESTINIAN REFUGEES KILLED IN YARMOUK CAMP

         Damascus, 10 Muharram 1435/14 November 2013 (MINA) – Palestinian activists in Syria confirmed that five refugees in the Yarmouk refugee camp (south of the capital Damascus) were killed during the shelling that targeted the camp in the past 24 hours.

        Action Group for Palestinians in Syria said in a statement that the bombing which targeted the neighborhood of Arouba in the camp killed four Palestinians, and caused many injuries.

        Meanwhile, the Palestinian refugee Ali Tarwiyah from the Yarmouk camp died last night of wounds he sustained a few days ago after being shot by sniper, Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

        The group pointed to the continued bombings and attacks targeting all the Palestinian camps in the Syrian territories, and which coincide with the tightening of the blockade, especially in the Yarmouk camp which has been under siege for the 120th day unabated.

        The statement noted that the recent agreement to neutralize the Palestinian refugee camps from the ongoing conflict in Syria has not been enforced until this moment.

         The Action Group also confirmed that the Lebanese authorities have continued to prevent entry of a large number of Palestinian refugees displaced from Syria into its territories, and called on the competent authorities to move to save the refugees. (T/P03/E1)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)