Fighting eases in Lebanon camp
Some Fatah al-Islam members said to have surrendered at Nahr el-Bared refugee camp.
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The south Lebanon fighting, in which two soldiers and two fighters died, raised concerns that the conflict in the north could spill over to refugee camps elsewhere in the country.
Palestinian factions, including Fatah and Hamas, oppose Fatah al-Islam, which shares al-Qaeda’s ideology and recruits fighters from other Arab countries.
At the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp, more Fatah Islam fighters reportedly surrendered to a major Palestinian faction.
Surrender?
Palestinian factions have been trying to mediate an end to the battle.
The government wants the fighters to surrender, but Fatah al-Islam leaders have vowed to fight to death.
Syrians held
Security sources said the 2kg charge had been timed to go off at 6am local time (0300 GMT) on Wednesday but it failed to detonate.
Fatah al-Islam last week accused the 13,000-strong UN force, which has a naval component, of shelling the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp from the sea, a charge denied by the peacekeepers.