Lebanese troops and al-Qaida-inspired militants in northern Lebanon agreed to a truce on Monday, the representative of a Palestinian faction in Lebanon told Reuters.
"There is an agreement for a cease-fire, which has already gone into effect, and we hope that this is a permanent cease-fire," Abu Emad al-Refaie, Islamic Jihad's representative in Lebanon, told Reuters.
"Once all hostilities stop, Fatah al-Islam should evacuate all its newly acquired positions and end any appearance of arms," he said.
Fatah al-Islam is a Palestinian-led militant group based in the Nahr al-Bared camp, which is home to 40,000 Palestinian refugees, and has been fighting with the army since Sunday.
Witnesses said the clashes had died down but there was still sporadic gunfire.
Earlier Monday, Lebanese troops pounded the Palestinian refugee camp with artillery and tank fire for a second day, raising huge columns of smoke as they battled the militants, who are suspected of ties to al-Qaida. It was the worst violence since the end of the 1975-90 civil war.
The U.S. State Department defended the Lebanese army, saying it was working in a “legitimate manner” against “provocations by violent extremists” operating in the camp.
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