We live on the sixth floor of an apartment building, 15 minutes by car from the refugee camp.

Troops and Islamist militants have been battling at a refugee camp near Tripoli

We could see policemen running around and hear the noise but we stayed away from the windows because a bullet came in through the bedroom window of our apartment on the sixth floor. It's still in the wall.

When the bullet came my sister was in the room. At first she saw the light. She didn't know it was a bullet but then she saw a hole.

We went downstairs to the neighbours' house because they live on the second floor. We stayed there for about two hours until things calmed down a bit and when we went back home we stayed away from all the windows and the doors.

The bullet came from far away. I think it was a sniper's bullet, because it came from very high.

An apartment building here, around the corner from our home, was bombed. You could see some people on the street. You could hear the gun shots and bombings.

From the outside of the building it's quite the same but we saw on television that whole apartments were destroyed. There were people living in that building. The people were locked inside the building but Fatah al-Islam had people and weapons inside the building. They had rented an apartment there.

Gas bombs were being thrown. We could see the smoke and hear the noise.

There is fighting. The Lebanese army attacked the other group, and they are inside homes that have been hit.

Many homes have been attacked and many people injured.

Some houses inside the camp have been damaged

Really the situation is so bad because the camp is just one sq km, and around 40,000 people live in this one kilometre. There are a lot of people injured and dead.

[Fatah al-Islam] came not long ago. Here in Nahr al-Bared camp, the people are so lovely and they live in peace.

The Lebanese army never put a checkpoint on the camp. But then the army put up a checkpoint and the situation became worse. And we couldn't do anything about it.

I don't think [this group] has any support in the camp. People haven't even been able to get their food.

I feel it will be war, more war. I feel like that.

I live in the area where the two bus bombings happened in February. And I teach in the University of Balamand near where the clashes are now happening.

Most of my students live in Tripoli, and yesterday was a horrifying day - to know that gunfire is being pointed at the homes of my students.

While talking to many of them, I heard on the phone the sound of gun shots.

I cannot imagine how it must feel to be sitting in your own home, and suddenly come under attack by extremists. I hope our politicians will set down their agendas and wake up to the critical situation our country and the region is facing.

We woke up on Sunday at 0400 to the sound of gun shots.

At first I thought it was a prolongation of my dream, only to realise moments later that the clashes had spread to one street away.

It is unfortunate to feel so vulnerable to the madness that is breaking out because of some selfish terrorists.

Those who know Tripoli will tell you that it is a very peaceful city. Terrorists don't seem to care whose children they are killing and whose fathers they are wounding.