It looks like the government wants the Islamist militants who gunned-down several soldiers and allegedly started the week-long clashes. A military siege has been ruled out, a statement which follows the massive display of Lebanese troops in the region.

Three-way negotiations between Fatah, Hamas and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine are been carried out, as the Lebanese side asked for the persons responsible for deadly attacks on soldiers to be handed over to justice.

According to a Palestinian source, the two movements Fatah and Hamas can’t control the militants inside the camp, their members representing a minority in the Nahr al-Bared camp.

The extremist group Fatah al-Islam, which was involved in the fierce battle with Lebanese military troops, is a international conglomerate of militants, runaways from their home countries. That is why they are so difficult to control and they are believed to be a group of mercenaries with strong al-Qaeda ties.

For them there is no opportunity left but surrender, as the Lebanese army has surrounded the Palestinian settlement and is waiting for governmental orders.

Violence erupted last Sunday and 77 persons were killed, dozens more being seriously injured, as the camp does not have a proper medical facility and the fighting stopped aid workers to enter the settlement for days.