الحرب اللبنانية في صور ( ٥٦ )

* Suleiman Franjieh.
* Camille Chamoun.
* Pierre Gemayel.
* Charbel Kassis.
* Rashid Karami.
* Kamal Jumblatt.
* Ibrahim Koleilat.
*Saeb Salam.
* Yasser Arafat .

* Despite the entry of the deterrent forces into Lebanon, peace remained the last word in the south.. because the deterrence forces were unable to cross the red line imposed by Israel as a prerequisite for the entry of the Syrian forces into Lebanon.


The civil war broke out in Lebanon on April 13, 1975, following the bus accident in Ain El-Rummaneh neighborhood in Beirut. But other events took place before that date.

1975
January

5_ The Lebanese army moves and enters Tripoli to end the disobedient republic. Two people were killed, 12 wounded, and 75 arrested.
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6 _ Shtoura meeting between President Suleiman Franjieh and Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad, who says that we are one people and one country.
15- Israeli forces destroyed Kfar Shuba in southern Lebanon.
24 - The head of the Lebanese Kataeb, Sheikh Pierre Gemayel, sends a message (the first in a series of letters) to President Franjieh, warning that chaos in the ranks of the Palestinian resistance movement threatens Lebanon.

25- Mr. Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, answers: Lebanon's sovereignty is sacred.

February
25- The fishermen of Sidon staged a demonstration against the Protein Fishing Company, which was founded by President Chamoun. The bullets were fired and Mr. Marouf Saad, the leader of Sidon, who was at the forefront of the demonstration, was wounded by two bullets (and the great Sidonian leader died nine days later of his wounds).
28- Sidon revolted because her son was injured and declared general strikes in Tire and Tripoli, and barricades were erected in the streets of Beirut.

March

1- The Lebanese army intervened in Sidon, Muscat, killing three people and wounding 12.
2- Sidon faced the army, killing 15 people and wounding 50 others.
3- An army truck was targeted in Sidon, killing one soldier and wounding 29 soldiers.
5- Gemayel led demonstrations in Beirut in support of the Lebanese army
7- A large funeral was held for the late Marouf Saad in Sidon, as the authority of the central government collapsed. Barriers reappeared in Beirut.
14 - Negotiations took place between Franjieh and Arafat and between the Phalangists and the Palestinians, raising the tense atmosphere in Sidon.
26. Incidents took place in Tripoli and the popular committees were formed

April
10- Armed men cut off the roads around Baalbek.
13 - A Phalangist militiaman was killed during the inauguration of a church in Ain al-Rummaneh, which is a Christian suburb in eastern Beirut. A large car transporting Palestinians passed in the area on their way back from a funeral home, and 27 Palestinians were killed in it. As a result, the civil war began.

And the fire broke out at half past six in the evening, from machine guns and bazookas. Rockets hit Dekwaneh, killing 40 people, and clashes took place in Tripoli and Sidon.
14- The Arab League dispatched Mahmoud Riyad to Beirut to mediate.

15- Clashes took place in Tripoli between residents of Tripoli and people from Zgharta, the town of President Franjieh. Four people were killed and two wounded.

16- The first cease-fire was declared. The civil war in Lebanon would have witnessed 55 cease-fire agreements. 19 - Schools, banks and cinemas have reopened their doors.

The outcome of the first round of fighting was 164 dead, 291 wounded, and destruction estimated at about 400 million Lebanese pounds.

May
7 - The ministers of the battalions and their allies receive from the government.
15- President Rashid Al-Solh resigns after an altercation with the Kataeb in Parliament.
20- Beginning of the second round of fighting. Fierce fighting broke out in Beirut.
22- Gemayel requested that the refugees of Tal Al Zaatar camp be moved out of the Christian area in Beirut.
23- Noureddine Al-Rifai formed the military government. The fighting intensified, starting from the axis of Al-Shayyah Ain Al-Rummaneh, and the axes expanded until they included Tal Al-Zaatar, Al-Dekwaneh, Al-Nabaa, and Sin El-Fil.
24 - Syrian Foreign Minister Abdul Halim Khaddam arrived in Beirut to mediate.
26 - The military government resigned after it was opposed by Syria, the Lebanese left, and the Muslims. He asked President Rashid Karami to form the new government. So the fighting stopped.
The outcome of the second round of fighting was 164 dead and 405 wounded.

30 - Black Thursday, after the killing of a Palestinian near Al-Dabbas Square, some Christians were kidnapped from the streets adjacent to the Islamic neighborhoods in Beirut, and about 30 people were killed.