Back مخيم مار إلياس Arabic মার ইলিয়াস শরণার্থী শিবির Bengali/Bangla اردوگاه مار الیاس Persian Camp de réfugiés Mar Elias French Mar Elias NB

Mar Elias refugee camp

This article is about the refugee camp in Lebanon. For other uses, see Mar Elias (disambiguation).

Mar Elias (Arabic: مار الياس) is a Palestinian refugee camp in the southwestern part of Beirut, Lebanon.

Largely autonomous, it was originally a Christian Palestinian refugee camp founded in 1952 by the Congregation of St. Elias (Prophet Elijah) to host Palestinian refugees who arrived from the Galilee region after the start of the Nakba in 1948. Many Syrian refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war have also settled in the camp.[1] UNRWA claims that Christians have since become a minority in Mar Elias,[1] while other sources claim they are still the majority.[2][3]

During the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), the Palestinian National Salvation Front (PNSF), a Syrian proxy which opposed the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), had its headquarters in Mar Elias camp.[4]

During the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, a local representative from Mar Elias said he believes that the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon could be Israel's secondary targets, besides Hezbollah.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Mar Elias Camp". UNRWA. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. ^ admin (2022-04-01). "In Beirut's Mar Elias Camp, Palestinian Cause is Not Losing Relevance". Palestine Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  3. ^ "Lebanon's Christian Palestinian refugee camp balances complex identities". The Times of Israel. 23 December 2022.
  4. ^ Middle East International No 292, 23 January 1987; Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; ‘a correspondent’ pp.12-13; No 289, 5 December 1986; Jim Muir pp.10-11
  5. ^ Nashed, Mat. "Palestinians in Lebanon, refugees living in fear of Israeli air strikes". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
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