BEIRUT, Lebanon: Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement headed by Hasan Nasrallh has so far backed Lebanese army in its confrontation with Fatah Islam group despite the fact that Hezbollah has been pushing to topple the government.

The Fatah Islam, whose leader had ties to former al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab Az-Zarqawi, has set up in a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.

Fighting between the Lebanese army and the Fatah Islam militants around the camp has been raging for three days with dozens of combatants killed.

Hezbollah, in a statement, denounced the attacks against the Lebanese army — stressing the role of the army in safeguarding peace, but also tacitly criticized Lebanon's current government.

"We feel that there is someone out there who wants to drag the army to this confrontation and bloody struggle ... to serve well-known projects and aims. We are hearing calls for more escalation and fighting, which will ultimately lead to more chaos and confrontation in Lebanon," the Hezbollah statement said.

It called for a political solution to the crisis.

However, Some Palestinians in Lebanese refugee camps have begun to protest the Lebanese army's shelling of the camp.