The conflict raging in northern Lebanon for more than three months continues to make victims, three soldiers losing their lives in the latest clashes, military officials informed on Sunday.

The three servicemen were seriously injured Saturday in fire exchange with Fatah al-Islam militants at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, but died “from their injuries on Sunday.”

Families of the militants holed up inside the Palestinian refugee camp were evacuated on Friday before intense gunbattles broke out once more after that short ceasefire. During those clashes, two soldiers were shot dead by the militants drawing inspiration from al-Qaeda.

The fierce feud erupted on May 20 and 148 soldiers died since then, along with dozens of Islamist fighters and 42 civilians. This is considered to be the bloodiest conflict since the civil war that ravaged Lebanon for more than two decades (1975-1990).

Approximately 40,000 Palestinians living inside the settlement located at about 16 kilometers from the city of Tripoli fled to other camps across the country, scared by the intensity of the battles.

Artillery shells and bombings have turned Nahr al-Bared into a ghost-town, entire buildings being ruined as projectile chopped off pieces from them daily.

The radical group emerged last year and is formed by militants from Lebanon, Palestinian territories, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and Algeria. More than 100 rebels belonging to the group led by former guerilla leader Shaker al-Abssi have been detained so far, authorities launching a massive manhunt for other suspected members.