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January 1976 .. Lebanon War _ Photos _ Documents _ Events

1976
January:

1/1/76: A Middle East Airlines plane explodes at Beirut airport.

1/2/76: Relative calm in Beirut despite the snipers - Explosions in Tripoli - An Islamic summit in Aramoun attended by Karami and Arafat rejects the partition and is surprised by the statements of the Maronite summit in Baabda - Edde confirms America's involvement in the partition - Salam criticizes Chamoun for causing the collapse of government - Asem Qanso visits Karami and confirms that the solution is based on the Syrian initiative .. Zuhair Mohsen: The national movement seeks internal demands and the resistance views the crisis from the perspective of national security - The Arab League: The resistance requests Iraqi mediation - Ghor: The increase in the power of Muslims is not in Israel's interest.

1/3/76: Intermittent shooting in the capital, sniping, kidnapping, robbery, an attack on the Danniyeh prison and the release of prisoners - Gemayel: Against partition and in favor of the Lebanese formula - Chamoun attacks Arafat's attendance at the Islamic summit - Chamoun broadcasts a census of the population of the sects in Lebanon for the years 1952-1965 and says that the Maronites are the majority - Charbel Kassis to the Constitution: A federal state - Edde presents the partition documents to the Patriarch - Saudi Arabia: We support the Arab efforts through Syria - Egypt: An Arab meeting to end the war. The Baath Organization is with the Aramoun summit and against the Baabda summit. 1/4/76: The Phalanges and Ahrar began their siege of Tal al-Zaatar in terms of supplies - two food trucks were confiscated - a warning from the resistance and the National Movement to lift the siege - Edde agreed with Patriarch Khreish - Zuhair Mohsen: against the intervention of the Arab League - Mohsen Ibrahim rejects Arabization if it puts an end to the Syrian role and restricts the Palestinian presence in Lebanon - a legal memorandum from the National Movement regarding the parliamentary elections - Ibrahim Qleilat in a press conference: rejection of the regime and division and adherence to the unity of the land and the people. And with the broad line of the national movements and forces.

76/1/5: Kidnapping everywhere based on identity - The siege of Tel al-Zaatar continues and Abu Ammar discusses the situation - Edde: The division continues, and I am pessimistic and there is a new round - Chamoun

Calls for the army to be deployed - Jumblatt travels to Saudi Arabia and says: The state of division does not last, and praises Edde as one of the people on whom the new Lebanon was built - Khreish: The important thing is to resolve the crisis - Abu Iyad on the anniversary of the revolution: The Arab countries are watching and conspiring against Lebanon, and what happened
in Palestine is happening in Lebanon - We paid ten thousand martyrs to prevent the division.

76/1/6: The Phalange: The siege of Tel al-Zaatar is a response to the migration of the residents of Jisr al-Basha, Dekwaneh and al-Qalaa - The National Movement boycotts the coordination committee awaiting the lifting of the siege of Tel al-Zaatar Kazami:
The siege is a serious matter - Shooting at two flour trucks on their way to Tel al-Zaatar - The situation deteriorates and there is mutual kidnapping - Edde meets Amin Gemayel and attacks the division - Assad confirms Syria's readiness to mediate between the parties.

76/1/7: Khaddam Al-Sahifa Kuwaiti: Lebanon was part of Syria and we will return it in the event of any attempt at division. Either it remains united or it returns to Syria.. Gemayel and Chamoun violently attack Juman Khaddam because of his statement - National forces storm the Thabet forest to lift the siege of Tel al-Zaatar, and the Phalangists respond to the attack - Arafat calls for food and medical aid for Lebanon - The situation in Beirut deteriorates: Ashrafieh is bombed - Clashes in the north -
The Council of Ministers does not convene - Khreish stresses dialogue - King Khalid and Prince Fahd receive Jumblatt and the accompanying delegation.

76/1/8: The Joint National Forces advance towards Hazmieh despite the army's intervention, 55 dead and 125 wounded around Tel al-Zaatar - Jumblatt: Saudi Arabia is against partition, and we demand a new Minister of Interior - Chamoun criticizes Syria and demands the deployment of the army - Karami: Chamoun's response to Khaddam is ridiculous - American spokesman: We are against any foreign intervention in Lebanon, including Syria and Israel - In Breez, any Syrian intervention cannot leave Israel idle.

76/1/9: Army forces fight the National Forces by order of the Minister of Interior - Karami demands the withdrawal of the army forces placed under Chamoun's command - The day of the explosion in Beirut and bodies everywhere - The right-wing forces move the battle to the mountain - Riad warns of an Israeli aggression on Lebanon - Israel protests Washington's signal to intervene in Lebanon. Al-Asaad visits Syria - Waldheim: Lebanese unity is necessary - Soviet government: Foreign powers are eager to keep the situation in the Middle East tense through the conflict in Lebanon - Karami holds a sit-in at his home due to a disagreement with Franjieh - - Al-Ahram criticizes Khaddam's statement - Islamic summit supports Karami's refusal to deploy the army.

10/1/76: Khaddam accuses Chamoun of contacting Israel four times, and he offered us a federal project that we rejected: - Aramoun summit calls for preserving the army and not involving it - Al-Asaad: What matters to Lebanon is Syria - Clashes continue and extend from Harj Thabet to the hotels and to Hamra, and escalation in Aley - Kahala - Qamatiyeh and Bhamdoun, Hammana and Ras al-Matn, Kfar Nabrakh - Phalange calls for deploying the army and attacks the left and the resistance - Cairo meets with Chamoun regarding his statements against Syria - Rabin: Any change in Lebanon will pose a danger to Israel.

1/11/76: Returning the seized military vehicles in Shiyah - The Phalanges besiege the Dbayeh camp - Al-Ahrar links the siege of the camps to transportation in Mkalles and Dekwaneh - Jumblatt denies his connection to the Aramoun summit and calls for an Arab political resolution and receives Arafat and Abu Al-Zaim - - Al-Maqasid graduates call for electing a president from
People - The fronts continue to flare up (73 dead) - A clash between the Phalangists and the nationalists in Dbayeh was turned by the right into a clash with the Palestinians on the eve of a Palestinian discussion in the UN Security Council - Cairo criticizes the siege of Tel al-Zaatar and calls for preserving Lebanon's unity.

12/1/76: The war opened up on all sides: the bombing of Dbayeh camp, and the storming of the town. The bombing of Nabaa and Burj Hammoud, the joint forces control the Beirut River Bridge. And back to Burj Al-Murr and the hotels, sniping everywhere along the Damascus Road, clashes in Shiyah - Ain Al-Rummaneh, Al-Hadath, Hazmieh, bombing and kidnapping in Aley - Kahala, and in Tripoli - Zgharta, Karak - Hosh Al-Amara, Naameh - Damour - a frank meeting between Jumblatt and Karami at the Al-Maqasid Graduates Center in the presence of Arafat, Abu Iyad and 30 national figures - Salam: No solution with Franjieh and Chamoun in power - The Phalanges call for liberation or martyrdom - A food blockade of West Beirut - Efforts to open the Tel Al-Zaatar road - The Security Council begins discussing the Palestinian issue - Egypt warns Israel against any attack on Lebanon and attacks the Tel Al-Zaatar siege.

1/13/76: The joint forces impose a siege on Damour after the fall of Jiyeh, Al-Mushrif, the confluence of the two rivers, and Al-Naameh (70) dead) - Battles continue around the Dbayeh camp and the main axes in Beirut and the regions - The Phalanges threaten to wipe out Karantina - Storming places in Ain Al-Rummaneh - The joint forces enter the Beirut Brigades - A Maronite summit in Baabda Palace (Gemayel, Abu Suleiman, Qassis, Sfeir, Al-Shamali, Hrawi. And the absence of Shamoub due to illness) and considering the conflict with the Palestinians and a statement in the name of the Maronite sect - Sadat: Incitement against Lebanon and the resistance - Officers withdraw from the coordination committees - Preparation for the meeting with Assad - Franjieh. 1/14/76: The Phalanges and the Free Men storm the Dbayeh camp (4) thousand Palestinian Christians) Fierce fighting in Beirut, the suburbs, the North and the Bekaa (about a hundred dead) - The parliament’s term is extended for a year - Chamoun in Saadiyat and fighting in Damour - Haret al-Naameh - Jumblatt: The decisive battle is coming - Abu Ammar accuses the army of supporting the right - Karami prepares for a ceasefire agreement - The United Nations: Syria calls for a solution based on the United Nations resolutions and Wallon warns against any change in Resolutions 242 and 338, and Moscow is in favor of resuming: Geneva.

1/15/76: A Catholic summit in Baabda with the positions of the Maronite summit, and an Orthodox summit with the positions of Khreish - Violent battles in Beirut and its suburbs (20 dead and 30 wounded) The Phalanges and the Liberals bomb the slaughterhouse - Karantina - Violent clashes in the north - Tightening the siege on Damour - Jumblatt warns of a black Saturday in Karantina - Mahmoud Riad calls for the Soviet delegate! With a rapid high-level Arab move to stop the catastrophe in Lebanon - At the United Nations: There is no peace without the participation of the Palestinians.

1/16/76: The joint forces attack Jiyeh - Damour - and Saadiyat and the army intervenes to stop the attack with its planes and forces - A large-scale attack on Zahle confronted by army forces - Battles in Beirut and its suburbs (200 dead and 300 wounded) - Arafat meets with Arab ambassadors - Chamoun addresses an appeal to the world about Damour - A summit in Aramoun and a violent statement warning of the army's rebellion against the Minister of Defense - General Shehabi arrives in Beirut and meets with Franjieh - A Kataeb appeal calling for an Arab initiative. 1/17/76: Joint forces enter Jiyeh and bombard Saadiyat - The remaining police and gendarmerie stations fall into the hands of both sides - Tightening the siege on the Fourth Kataeb District in Beirut - Demonstrations in front of Baabda Palace calling for the army to intervene - Christian summit in Baabda: Security and implementation of agreements with the Palestinians - Franjieh praises the army, a Kataeb statement calls for transferring the crisis to the United Nations and defends the army - Arab ambassadors meet with Franjieh and Karami and support the Syrian initiative - After attacking Saadiyat, Jumblatt says: We owe Shimon a debt - Sadat takes an interest in the crisis and Waldheim listens to its details from the Lebanese delegate. 1/18/76: Karami resigns because the state is helpless - Phalange and Ahrar storm the slaughterhouse - Karantina (60) dead, dozens wounded and a complete exodus) violating an agreement to stop the fighting - Official Egyptian statement on Lebanon condemning foreign intervention and denouncing division and the involvement of the army - Edde: What is happening in Lebanon is not in the interest of the resistance - Arab ambassadors meet with Karami and Arafat - Clashes on all fronts.

1/19/76: Official news about the entry of the Palestinian Yarmouk Brigade into the Bekaa and the North with heavy weapons and machinery - Battles intensify in Beirut and its suburbs and battles continue in Damour and the siege of Saadiyat and battles in Zahle - A delegation from the national and progressive parties leaves for Damascus - Peres: The intervention of the Syrian army may mean a state of war in Lebanon with Israel - Attacking the Serail of Tyre after Jounieh and releasing prisoners. Jumblatt calls for army intervention in the slaughterhouse as in Damour - Ford: Will not interfere in Lebanon and opposes any foreign intervention - Lebanese students occupy the Lebanese embassy in Cairo - The Islamic summit and the left support Karami in his resignation - Clashes in the military barracks, the truth of which is not known - British, French, and American interest in Lebanon. 1/20/76: Damour, Saadiyat and Jiyeh fall into the hands of the joint forces (200 bombs and 500 wounded) and a complete migration, and the rescue of Chamoun by helicopter and the displaced by sea to Jounieh - Chamoun accuses the Palestinians in more than one statement and calls for internationalizing the problem - Attacks on the Verdun car in Beirut and the Sidon barracks, and the siege of Qleiaat Airport - Phalangist crowds around Nabaa - Discussion of unifying the leadership of the Phalanges, the Free Men, the Guards and the Organization - Kuwaiti measures to influence the situation in Lebanon - Jumblatt after his return from Damascus: Internationalization does not scare us and 105 countries will stand against them - Kissinger: Opposes any unilateral action that may lead to expanding the conflict - Edde attacks Kissinger's position -
Riyadh calls for an Arab summit meeting - Israel: We have not determined the scale to say that there is Syrian interference - Lebanese and Arab students occupy the Lebanese consulate in Alexandria and the Arab League building in Rome in protest against fascism in Lebanon - American spokesman rules out American interference in Lebanon.

1/21/76: A Syrian delegation arrives in Lebanon (Khaddam, Naji Jamil, Hikmat al-Shihabi) and meets with Franjieh, the Aramoun Summit, and the Resistance - Washington talks about the entry of the Palestinian Liberation Army and Chamoun about a Syrian intervention that has lost confidence in Syria - Lebanon informs the League: There is Syrian mediation - Syrian Minister of Information Ahmad Iskandar: Syria will exert all its energies for the sake of Lebanon's unity, security, and stability, and denies the entry of Syrian forces into Lebanon - A meeting in Damascus between President Assad and King Hussein - Kuwait and Sudan with the summit - The Patriarch denies a Phalangist statement regarding: saving Lebanon - Violent battles in all axes of Beirut - Clashes in the Beirut site command, the Helou barracks, and the General Directorate of Security Forces near the Hotel Dieu - Wafa denies news of the entry of Syrian forces, as for the Yarmouk forces, they are already present in the south - The National Forces denounce the sectarian reactions and confirm their program - The Guardians of the Cedars Front exaggerates the use of Israel! 1/22/76: The palace announces reaching an agreement as a result of Syrian efforts: a military committee (Lebanese-Syrian-Palestinian), the presidency of the republic for the Maronites, the election of the prime minister from the council, and parliamentary seats equally divided - setting a time to stop fighting this evening - statements from the Liberals, the Phalanges, and the national forces agreeing to the solution as announced by the palace - the Syrian delegation meets with the resistance and the national parties, and Jumblatt announces approval of the Syrian proposals - Saudi Arabia hopes for the success of the Syrian efforts - Syrian Minister of Information Ahmad Iskandar: Our forces did not enter Lebanon and the Liberation Army is affiliated with the organization.

1/23/76: The Supreme Military Committee forms 23 committees to implement the ceasefire agreement - Beirut airport and international roads open - Chamoun backtracks and announces his support for the Syrian initiative. Jumblatt calls on the army to remain in its barracks in preparation for confronting the militias and reports about the return of the displaced and a call for soldiers to join their barracks - Evacuating Saadiyat Palace and opening the Sidon-Beirut road - Zuhair Mohsen: The security of Syria, Lebanon and the resistance are indivisible - Syrian circles: Damascus's goal is to help the Lebanese state regain its self-power - Edde to "Le Monde" warns against Syrian intervention and attacks some Christian leaders. 1/24/76: Violent battles in Shiyah - Ain el-Rummaneh (25 dead and 70 wounded) - Formation of a joint force from the resistance and the national movement to maintain security in the western region - Franjieh rejects Karami's resignation, and Karami retracts it and appeals to the Arabs to help Lebanon. The security program: Stop the fighting, withdraw the militants and return the displaced and return the barracks and weapons to them, call to open the markets and banks - Chamoun attacks the left, the communists and the Palestinians (BBC interview) - Jumblatt to Annahar: We welcome the Syrian aid, and we are keen to keep the first presidency for the Christians, and the war is over - Saadiyat Palace is blown up and burned - Israel expresses its concern about Lebanon turning into a confrontation state! - Egypt welcomes what has been reached.

1/25/76: The Syrian delegation meets with the Maronite community leaders in Baabda Palace - The Phalangists and the Ahzars occupy the General Directorate of Public Security - Dayan calls for non-interference in Lebanon and concessions in Sinai and the Golan in exchange for ending the state of war - Kuwait and Jordan welcome the agreement, and a Soviet newspaper considers the agreement a dim light in the long Lebanese tunnel - Israeli planes in the skies of the south and the Bekaa. 76/1/26: Improvement of the security and supply situation - Jumblatt in (Le Monde) calls on the resistance to review its calculations and considers the roots of the crisis to be Lebanese-Lebanese and Lebanese-Palestinian - and calls on Franjieh to resign - Khaddam says: We have seen a complete response and this makes us optimistic (and meets with Jumblatt, Qleilat, and Mustafa Saad....) - First Lieutenant Ahmad Al-Khatib speaks in a press conference about his "rebellion movement" - Snipers close the road to Tal al-Zaatar - Zuhair Mohsen: Everything is over - Israel announces the opening of its borders with Lebanon to receive the Christian "refugees" fleeing to it! . 76/1/27: Khaddam returns to Damascus and his convoy is exposed to gunfire in "Al-Masnaa" (accusation) Ahmad Al-Khatib) The situation tends to calm down more and more - The Supreme Military Committee continues its meetings in the presence of Major General Al-Shahabi and Major General Jamil - Jumblatt calls on the people of Damour to return - Amin Al-Jumayyil welcomes the Syrian initiative - Jamil accuses Muslims of duplicity - Chamoun: Syrian mediators are capable of everything -
Australia announces the discovery of a "secret Lebanese army" and the confiscation of its weapons, and it turns out that they are from Chamoun's group - The Phalange: In 1969, we preferred the Cairo Agreement to the civil war.

1/28/76 The Military Committee's procedures continue, and Khaddam returns to Beirut. The Council of Ministers returns to its meetings - Karami: A practical program, then national reconciliation - Salam; A presidential council of 6 people representing the sects - Jumblatt

Calls for addressing displacement and withdrawing soldiers from the army - Alon fears the new agreement - and Israeli planes continue to break the sound barrier.

1/29/76: Karami (Defense Minister) calls on soldiers to return to the army - Zuhair Mohsen denies arresting Ahmed Al-Khatib and considers his phenomenon a national one - Jumblatt warns against dilution and bargaining over the next president of the republic - Khaddam after his meeting with resistance leaders.
And the left: We guarantee the implementation of the Cairo Agreement - An official American spokesman: We recognize the constructive role played by the Syrian government in Lebanon - and Rabin attacks Syria.

1/30/76: The Military Committee sets plans to protect factories and the safety of the port and airport - Jumblatt considers the Ahmad al-Khatib case a "peaceful phenomenon" - Aramoun Summit praises the Syrian initiative - The Syrian delegation visits Jumblatt and Jumblatt announces his satisfaction with the results - Bishop Gregoire Haddad: The partition conspiracy is over - China News Agency accuses Moscow, Washington and Israel of exacerbating the situation in Lebanon - Washington rules out holding the Geneva Conference soon - "Al-Hawadeth" magazine: 9 months of war, 22 thousand dead and 68 thousand wounded and maimed. 1/31/76: Khaddam: Everything was agreed upon and the resistance committed in writing to implement the agreements and confirms that the agreement included the presidency of the republic, the government, the parliament and the economic council - The military committee is following up on its work - Jumblatt accuses the Phalange and Ahrar of preparing for the "spring round" - Al-Asaad: The cause of the crisis is class disparity - Salam rejects the Maronite presidency - Ahmad Al-Khatib commits to a ceasefire - An attack on the offices of the newspapers "Al-Muharrir" and "Beirut" (7) dead and wounded) and accusations of undisciplined elements - A Maronite summit welcomes the Syrian initiative and announces the birth of (Hawatmeh Front: The resistance has been with the cessation of fighting since it began - Ford: Freedom and humanity" Secret operations are necessary for American foreign policy. - -

And the cannon supports the (Dushka).