Nahr el-Bared refugee camp, situation in Northern Lebanon was completely destroyed by internal fighting between a Palestinian group called Fatah Al-Islam and Lebanese armed forces in the summer of 2007. The World Bank is planning to host a donor conference to fund the recovery and reconstruction of Nahr el-Bared.
This is an AP photo of the fighting which took place in the camp last summer.
This is a photo of the destruction which was subsequently caused. 30,000 Palestine refugees fled the camp, most of them towards areas around Nahr el-Bared (now called the Adjacent Area) or to a neighbouring camp: Beddawi. Living in terrible conditions, having to sleep on the floor in classrooms and other UNRWA facilities, an emergency operation was put in place to assist the displaced until physical reconstruction of the camp could take place. While re-entering Nahr el-Bared, UNRWA discovered many mines and booby-traps left behind by the Lebanese armed forces and resulting from the intense fighting with Fatah al-Islam. The de-mining phase has just been completed and now reconstruction can actually begin.
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