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Conflict Incident Report

Palestinian wounded in Ain el Hiloue

Date of incident: 
October 29, 2016
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
1 person
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

On 29 Oct 16, a Palestinian was transported to the hospital who was accidentally shot in the Tahtani street in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp. The man was admitted to Al-Rai hospital in Sidon for treatment. The circumstances of the incident remain unclear.

Primary category: 
Shooting
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Individual acts of violence
Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.