(28 Aug 2025)
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Tyre, Lebanon – 28 August 2025
1. Various of Lebanese army vehicles escorting trucks carrying weapons handed over by Palestinian factions from the Rashidieh refugee camp entering Lebanese army barracks
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sobhi Abu Arab, head of Palestinian National Security in Lebanon:
“We are currently fulfilling our responsibilities as the Fatah movement and as factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization, in accordance with the decision of President Abu Mazen during his visit to Lebanon. Several decisions were taken with the aim of improving the situation of Palestinians in the Palestinian (refugee) camps, regarding property ownership, employment, and, among them, the matter of heavy weapons, which will be handed over to the Lebanese authorities."
3. Lebanese army soldiers standing in line
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Beirut, Lebanon – 27 August 2025
4. SOUNBITE (English) Ramez Dimashkieh, head of the Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee:
“There was a lot of cynicism about the quantity and the quality of the weapons delivered, but it was a small step. A first step, which is being followed."
5. Close of Lebanese flag
6. SOUNBITE (Arabic) Ramez Dimashkieh, head of the Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee:
“We’ve had initial talks with them. I’m quite optimistic that we’ll make headway there. The government has been clear in its statement and in the president’s oath of office, the ministerial statement on taking office, the Taif Agreement. The Lebanese constitution basically demands that arms should be the sole preserve of the Lebanese armed forces and security forces. And nobody should be an exception, Palestinian or not."
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Tyre, Lebanon – 28 August 2025
7. Various of Lebanese army unit
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Beirut, Lebanon – 27 August 2025
8. SOUNBITE (English) Dorothee Klaus, director of the UN refugee agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Lebanon:
“We very much hope that this leads to a situation of safety and security and stability with a functioning civil administration. And of course, UNRWA will do everything to support a process towards a civil administration and continue performing its duties within the frame of whatever is agreed upon between the Lebanese government and the Palestinian groups and representatives.”
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Tyre, Lebanon – 28 August 2025
9. Mid of traffic
10. Wide of Lebanese army soldiers
STORYLINE:
Palestinian factions at refugee camps in Lebanon continue to hand over weapons to the Lebanese army, as part of an initiative aimed at transforming camps into civil societies.
Last week, some weapons were handed over at the Burj al-Barajneh camp, and more camps followed on Thursday.
Only one pickup truck loaded with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades left Burj al-Barajneh last week, leading many to dismiss the initiative in the Palestinian camps as ineffective or purely symbolic.
But the head of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee, a government body that serves as an interlocutor between Palestinian refugees and officials, rejected criticism of the extent of the handover so far.
Ramez Dimashkieh insisted that the government was serious about following through, and pointed out that any weapons handed over were now in the possession of the Lebanese army, adding: “We should be happy about that.”
The initiative could lead to more legal rights for Palestinian refugees in the country, with Dimashkieh saying work was underway on legislation to improve the situation for around 200,000 refugees.
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