At 1800hrs on Thursday 14 September, a ceasefire came into effect in Ein el Hilweh camp that remained in place at the time of this report’s publication. The agreement was established following a series of high-level contacts between Lebanese and Palestinian political and military actors in the preceding days. Most immediately, talks convened on 14 September by the Lebanese Speaker of Parliament with representatives of Hamas and the Fatah movement respectively secured their agreement to the ceasefire. Media reports stated that some parties to the clashes have subsequently set a new deadline of the end of September for securing the surrender to the Lebanese authorities of those who allegedly killed a Palestinian National Security Forces commander on 30 July 2023. This incident was a key driver of the initial clashes.
