Palestinian factions have started handing over some weapons from a refugee camp near Beirut to the Lebanese army.

Hamas, which is not part of the process, described the handover of weapons as an ‘internal matter within the Fatah movement’

Armed Palestinian groups in refugee camps in Lebanon will start handing over their weapons to the authorities on Thursday, a joint committee said, following a deal reached in May."Today marks the beginning of the first phase of the process of handing over weapons from inside the Palestinian camps,