Upon receiving news of Hulagu 's departure , Mamluk Sultan Qutuz quickly assembled a large army at Cairo and invaded Palestine.p.424 , 'The Collins Encyclopedia of Military History ' ( 4th edition , 1993 ) , Dupuy & Dupuy , In late August , Kitbuqa 's forces proceeded south from their base at Baalbek , passing to the east of Lake Tiberias through Galilee .
Kitbuqa 's forces went to Lower Galilee during the Battle of Ain Jalut .