Some 200,000 Palestinian descendants of those who fled Israel during the 1948 war currently live in Lebanon and are considered refugees according to The United Nations, a special designation that is believed to only apply to this group.
Many of the recruits are reportedly members of Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas’s ruling Fatah faction, but also hail from groups such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a US-designated terrorist group.
The Lebanese source said that the recruitment of Palestinians and others is being carried out by activists affiliated with the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Beirut in coordination with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror organization.
Those being enlisted are reportedly skilled at operating drones or have experience in urban combat.
According to the report, some 300 Palestinians in Lebanon have already completed rapid training in Russia and been deployed to the front in Ukraine.
