The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas has sought the help Hezbollah to restore peace in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon.

It comes as Palestinian factions are locked in gun battles with each other.

The head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh made a request to his Lebanese counterpart Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to intervene and put a stop to the violence. Haniyeh says they want peace and stability in Ain al-Hilweh, noting that the weapons of the Palestinian groups must only be directed at the Israeli enemy.

Clashes erupted when an unknown gunman attempted to kill a member of an armed group named Mahmoud Khalil, but fatally shot his companion instead.

In the confrontations that ensued, Abu Ashraf al-Armouchi, a senior commander of the Fatah party in charge of security inside Ain al-Hilweh, was killed along with several of his aides.

The Ain al-Hilweh camp is home to some 60,000 people, most of them Palestinians and descendants who were expelled from their homes following the 1948 Nakba.