الحرب اللبنانية في صور ( ٥٧ )

June
1- Violence escalated, killing 128 people and wounding 300 in one day, and violent incidents continued despite the interventions.

18- Mr. Khaddam returned empty-handed to Damascus.
24- Clashes intensified on all fronts.
26- Imam Musa al-Sadr, the spiritual leader of the Shiites in Lebanon, staged a sit-in at the Amiliyya College Mosque and declared a hunger strike that ended when the new government was formed on June 30.
28- Christian political leaders and spiritual leaders declared their full solidarity with each other.
30- President Karami thousand his government. A new front was opened between Ashrafieh and Karantina.

July

1 The end of the third round - and the outcome of the fighting in three months 2314 people were killed and 16,442 were wounded at the beginning of the summer truce.
A liaison committee was formed including all the warring parties with the assistance of the Lebanese army.
6 - Colonel Ernest Morgan - an officer in the US army was detained by a leftist team who refused (he was not released until May 12) - Israeli bombing in southern Lebanon caused dozens of casualties.

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3- Arafat called for an Arab summit meeting.
E - An Israeli air raid on Al-Barghaliya refugee camp in southern Lebanon, killing 18 and wounding 29.
7- Raymond Edde, leader of the National Bloc, announces his non-participation with the right-wing Christian parties and calls for the dissolution of the militias.
18- Progressive Lebanese parties publish their socio-economic reform programme.

20 - An Israeli air strike on the village of Hamma near Baalbek, 13 dead and 37 wounded.

29 - Incidents in Zahle for two days, 13 dead and 12 wounded. Rashid Karami announced.. No fourth round.

September
2- Calm returned to Zahle, but events renewed in Tripoli
6 - Fierce fighting in Tripoli after a checkpoint from Zgharta killed 13 Tripolitans in a large car near Chekka.
10- Hanna Said replaces Iskandar Ghanem as Commander of the Lebanese Army

11- Beit Malat, a Christian village in Akkar, was attacked and the army intervened there.
13 - Bullets roared again on the front of Dekwaneh - Tal Al-Zatar, then spread to the front of Al-Shayah Ir Rummana and the front of Nazareth and Al-Berjawi.
18 - The first clashes took place in the commercial area in downtown Beirut
Market burning. The bombing of the Arab Hotel, killing 37 people inside.
19 - The spread of fires in the commercial markets in Beirut. Khaddam returns to Beirut, accompanied by the Chief of Staff, Wary Hikmat Al-Shihabi.
20- Yigal Alon, Israeli Foreign Minister, says that the situation in Lebanon proves that different sectarian groups cannot coexist.
together in the countries of the Middle East.
22 - Snipers terrify Beirut with the increase in sectarian kidnapping and the killing of civilian hostages between the two sides.
24- Formation of a national committee for dialogue. The fighting continues, the average daily death toll is 50.

October

1- Edeh and Saeb Salam ask Franjieh to resign.
2 - Christian and Muslim spiritual leaders affirm their commitment to coexistence between sects in Lebanon.
8 - Clashes spread in Beirut, Ashrafieh shelling (467 shells in one night). Foreign airlines have suspended their flights
Beirut .
9- Thunderbolt units plant explosives in the commercial area of ​​Beirut. The destruction of the Christian village in Akkar, Tel Abbas. The outcome: 13 killed, 7 wounded, and 3 missing.
11 - Shimon meets with Arafat, and as a result, the shooting ceases. The fighting factions show brotherhood on the front of Ain al-Rummaneh and Chiyah, losing some people in the aftermath. And the return of the clashes the next day.
14- The Maronite monks and the Maronite League sent their first letters to Franjieh.
15 - Syria, Libya and the Liberation Organization boycott the meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo. The fighting reaches a new peak of tension, no longer any safe street in the capital.
25 - Opening a new front in the hotels area on the seashore after forces from the left took control of the areas adjacent to Kantari. Meanwhile, the exploiters messed up the opportunity and plundered the area: a demonstration of 30,000 people called for non-violence.
30- Karami sits in his office in the Serail, and looting continues in the Kantari area.

November

1- 2225 Lebanese crossed out their sects from their hobby cards. Disengagement begins in the areas of Kantari and hotels. And it appears in the air that a return to normal life begins on November 4.
6- The increase in the number of kidnapped persons in Beirut. Karami threatens to resign after the arms smuggling incident on a ship in the Aquamarina - Jounieh, and suspends official missions for three days.
9- The arrival of the papal envoy, Cardinal Bertoli (and he will remain in Lebanon until November 16).
15- The Maronite League criticizes the Dialogue Committee. Karami and Franjieh reconciliation.
19 - Coves de Morville arrives on a reconnaissance mission.
26 - The arrival of Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, to Beirut, amidst a wave of kidnappings.
29- Franjieh and Karami send their call to the homeland via television.
The situation in Beirut has improved, but snipers and kidnappers continue their operations.

December

2 - An Israeli air raid on the Beddawi and Nahr Al-Bared areas, where the Palestinian refugee camps are located in northern Lebanon. 110 killed, 140 wounded. Fighting broke out in Zahle.
6 - Black Saturday - between 150 and 200 Muslims were kidnapped and killed as revenge for the killing of four Phalangists. Gemayel visits Damascus.
8- The battle appears in the hotels area in Beirut.
9- The Almoravids storm the St. George Hotel. The fighting continues until December 15.
20 - The assassination of the Governor of North Lebanon, Qassem Al-Abad. Fighting broke out in northern Lebanon.
24- The wave of kidnappings intensified in Beirut and the situation deteriorated.
26- Allowing units of the Palestine Liberation Army to enter Lebanon through the Syrian border.

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January

3- Charbel Kassis, head of the Maronite Order, announces: Let us have the courage to declare a federal Lebanon.
E - The siege of Tal al-Zaatar camp begins to spark new battles.
8 - The Palestinians and the leftists launch an attack on Horsh
Tabet near Beirut to save the Zaatar hill.
12- Fighting escalates on all fronts in Beirut and the suburbs. 13 - The siege of Tal al-Zaatar extends to Jisr al-Basha camp and Dbayeh camp. Damour and Jih bombardment.
14- Surrender of Dbayeh camp.
16- Overflights of the Lebanese Air Force in Khaldeh and Aramoun to disperse the Palestinian and Bisari forces stationed in the two areas.
17- The bombing and siege of Damour, Jiyeh, and Saadiyat.
18- The battalion forces occupy and comb the Karantina area.
20 - The fall of Damour and Jiyeh in the hands of the forces of the left, the Palestinians and the Palestine Liberation Army. Damour residents flee by sea to Jounieh. Shimon's house in Saadiyat empties and burns.
22 - Damascus imposes a cease-fire on all fronts. Units of the Palestinian Armed Struggle Command and the Palestine Liberation Army are maintaining security in West Beirut, establishing a green line along the Levant Road that separates Beirut into two regions: West Beirut (Muslim) and East Beirut (Christian).
25 - Militia forces begin to withdraw from the streets of Beirut.
Lifting the siege on Tal al-Zaatar.
30 - The US State Department announces that the United States recognizes that Syria has played a constructive role.