نیسان ( ابريل ) عام ١٩٧٦ .. حرب لبنان _ صور _ وثائق _ أحداث

**Ramia Hassan** · 08-27-2024, 07:16 PM

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

● April:

1/76/4: Kamal Jumblatt declares a ten-day truce to enable the parliament to elect a new president, after a meeting of the National Movement and the Resistance - Abu Ammar welcomes the ceasefire and praises Syria's efforts - Brown meets with Franjieh, Chamoun, Gemayel, then Bakhreesh, Asaad, and Karami - Hussein supports Syrian intervention in Lebanon - Kataeb readiness to respond - Asaad informs Waldheim of his rejection of internationalization - Shiite Council appeals to the parties to stop fighting immediately - Proposals by MP Fouad Lahoud to address the situation - Cedar Guards support internationalization - Violent battles on the axes of Mteen - Aintoura - Bologna and exchanges of fire
between Kahala and Aley - Sodeco axis - Ras al-Nabaa is on fire, and battles in the north.

2/76/4: The first day of the ceasefire No. 34. The joint forces enter Aintoura - Battles on the Aley front, sniping and shelling in Beirut and the suburbs - Brown meets with Al-Sadr, Salam and Jumblatt - Adnan Al-Hakim: The situation does not allow Brown to intervene as Murphy did in 1958 - The Communist Union attacks Brown's mission - Kissinger reiterates America's opposition to any armed foreign intervention in Lebanon and describes Syria's role as curbing the extremists - The Union of Working People's Forces attacks Jumblatt as well as Al-Sa'iqa - Jumblatt: We will maintain Syria's friendship - Asem Qanso and Abdullah Al-Amin, members of the Baath leadership, travel to Damascus - Al-Jamil: I am for internationalization - Egypt identifies the countries that could form the Arab force.

4/3/76: Brown meets with Edde, the Mufti, Elias Sarkis, and the French Ambassador - Gemayel welcomes the return of the Supreme Military Committee and the Syrian initiative and calls for an Arab-international deterrent force - Al-Sa'iqa and the Baath decide on secret measures to thwart any disturbance of security and prevent the election of the president - Progressive Socialist Party: We did not thwart the Syrian initiative - Salam visits Damascus and meets with President Assad - A letter of thanks from Arafat to Saudi Arabia - Al-Sadr meets with Shawkat Shuqair to calm the tense atmosphere - Mustafa Saad attacks America - "The Revolution": Syria will continue its role - A massacre in Baabda and snipers at the museum and commercial area and clashes in the suburbs, and tension prevails in Kahala and the northern front flares up (50 dead). 4/4/76: The third day of the ceasefire (26 dead, 33 wounded, 30 bodies) - Palestine Revolution: The resistance and the national movement in one trench - Assassination of Dr. Kamal al-Hajj, a philosophy professor at the university - Brown begins his second tour by meeting with Gemayel, Charles Malik, Franjieh, and Chamoun - Edde: Franjieh will remain until September 23 - Kamal Shatila and Najah Wakim meet with Assad - Kissinger: We will not abandon Israel. Fog eases the mountain battles - The Lebanese Arab Army besieges Qobayat and occupies one of the northern villages.

H/76/4: Truce breach on most fronts - Asem Qanso attacks Jumblatt - Waldheim: Partition is a disaster for the region - Al-Assili Palace in the museum is a temporary headquarters for parliament. Sadat-Destin talks about Lebanon and the expectation of a French envoy to arrive in Lebanon. Mahmoud Riad: The solution is in a mini-Arab summit - An Israeli barrier in Lebanese territory.

76/4/6: The resistance: Brown's mission is conspiratorial - Calming the media campaigns between the Baath and Jumblatt. The National Movement urges a political solution and welcomes the Syrian initiative - Al-Asaad:
The date of the session is 4/10 and the place is Al-Assili Palace - Abdullah Al-Amin (Baath): The mountain war is sectarian - "Al-Amal": Theft of secret General Security files and "Voice of Lebanon" talks about the "Marshall Project, for the sake of Lebanon" - Al-Assad receives Ahmed Jibril Popular - General Command - Sniping, explosions and bodies in Beirut and the suburbs. Israeli patrols continue in the south and the Lebanese Arab Army confronts Israeli boats.

76/4/7: Kissinger: We do not intend to send troops to Lebanon - "Gorres", a French envoy, arrives in Beirut on a media mission - Hawatmeh: An initiative to remove tension between Damascus and Jumblatt - Khreish calls for coexistence again - Al-Asaad attacks Franjieh -

76/4/8: Disagreements cause the parliament session to oscillate between convening or not, and Franjieh incites to boycott it - Brown meets with Jumblatt again - Gorres: I will go to Damascus and meet Arafat and Brown - The French initiative supports the Syrian initiative - Ibrahim Qleilat presents a comprehensive program for reform (the parties' program) - The National Movement consecrates the truce and insists on amending Article 73 - Soviet Pravda warns Washington against interfering in Lebanon - The Pope meets with Sadat - Yugoslavia calls for a solution to the Lebanese problem A clash between two fedayeen organizations near Beirut Orion Le Jour: 13 banks were looted - Sniping prevails on the fronts and the joint forces approach Zgharta - Israeli crowds confront Houla and Markaba.

4/9/76: The resistance attacks Brown and his mission - Arafat and Karami urge the arrival of a Syrian envoy - Jumblatt: There is a need for an Arab League meeting - Gors meets with Franjieh, Chamoun, Gemayel and Khreish to discuss the specifications of the alternative president, then with Al-Assad, Karami and Arafat - Waldheim: Agreement or the division of Lebanon and internationalization of the crisis - Clashes continue on the traditional axes. 4/10/76: Meeting of 90 deputies at Mansour Palace - Al-Assili and amending Article 73 of the Constitution unanimously, Jumblatt and Edde do not attend, and optimism that Franjieh will sign the amendment within five days - Brown proposes the idea of local deterrent forces under the supervision of American experts, and the palace proposes a Lebanese confederation - A second meeting between Gors and Arafat, then Al-Sadr, Jumblatt and Sarkis - Jumblatt: Arabizing the issue is necessary and achieving secularism will blow up the Arab regimes - Abu Iyad: Brown’s plan to strike the national movement, the resistance and Syria - Five martyrs from the Liberation Army near Tayouneh - Kidnapping and sniping in Beirut and the suburbs.

4/11/76: The security situation deteriorated (shells, raids and clashes in Beirut, the suburbs and the mountain) - The National Movement freezes cooperation with mediations until after the election of a new president and the truce is extended until the end of April. Brown to the right: Prepare for a month and a half confrontation with the National Movement - Abu Iyad: The crisis has reached its final stages. Israeli fire on the southern village of Yarin. 12/4/76: Assad: We are against those who insist on fighting in Lebanon and the resistance must be aware of the conspiracy. Jumblatt calls for stopping the movement - Gors in Damascus - The resistance and the national movement discuss the tension with Syria - Brown meets with economists - A message from Arafat to Sadat about the seriousness of the situation - The Syrian press: We do not want to impose guardianship over Lebanon - Washington: Brown is not a mediator, he is within reach of all parties - Gaddafi confirms Libya's support for the national movement and the Lebanese Arab Army - Alon: Regarding Israel's position on Lebanon, silence is golden - Caritas: 95 villages have been displaced, 250,000 have left their destroyed homes, 3,000 have been displaced out of fear, 190,000 are unemployed, 750,000 people need aid - The joint forces penetrate "Al-Marouj in the Mountain" - Israeli barbed wire in the lands of Yaroun and Maroun al-Ras. 4/13/76: Gores holds talks in Damascus with Khaddam and then President Assad - Brown meets Maronite leaders for the third time - Jumblatt authorizes Arafat to correct relations with Syria after Malek Salam's visit to Damascus, and proposes an expanded or limited Arab summit - Gemayel praises Syria's role and attacks the left - Edde warns of Israel's and Cyprus' ambitions in Lebanon - Zuhair Mohsen: Syria alone can save Lebanon - The Sixth Fleet near the Lebanese coast - Clashes in Beirut and the suburbs and sniping in Nabaa, Tal al-Zaatar and Sin el-Fil - The Free Men besiege Biyaqout and the Phalangists attack Beit Shabab - Jumblatt inspects the mountain front.

4/14/76: A day of terror in Beirut due to shells and clashes at the museum, the Lebanese forces storm Dhour El-Shwer and remove the nationalists from it (40) dead and 65 wounded), (40) kidnapped - Kissinger: We are trying to reach a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Lebanon - Michel Debray calls for French military intervention in Lebanon - Edmond Rizk returns from the Vatican and a message from the Pope to Franjieh - Karami confirms the entry of Syrian forces and says: There must be a military force capable of preserving security - The Phalanges attack Mahmoud Riad - Syrian newspapers: Brown does not agree with the Syrian initiative and his goal is to strike our unity with the Palestinians - Jamil Shia arrives in Beirut to study the situation on the ground - Rabin: Israel drew a red line for the Syrian forces - Two Soviet journalists arrive in Beirut - .

76/4/15: Gores returns from Damascus after three days of talks: Cessation of fighting, revival of the military committee, rejection of partition, continuation of mediation, rejection of Arabization of the crisis - Assad meets with the leadership of the resistance headed by Abu Ammar - Elias Sarkis officially presents himself as a candidate for the presidency - The Phalange Party occupies the port of Jounieh and forms a local police, courts and a service system - Saddam Hussein calls on the Arabs to assume their responsibilities and Iraq calls on the Council of the League - Israel strengthens its forces on the border - The missile war escalates in Beirut and clashes from all axes and the "Murabitoun" advances in the museum. 4/16/76: Arafat and the resistance delegation return from Damascus with an agreement: cease fighting, reconstitute the military committee, resist partition, reject Arabization, reject American solutions, adhere to the Syrian initiative, reject internationalization - Arafat meets Salam, Jumblatt and al-Sadr - The National Movement: The Damascus talks led to a positive Syrian position - Gors in a press conference: My mission is Lebanese and not like Brown's - A delegation from the Vatican arrives in Beirut - The Phalange declares al-Matn a military zone - Karami announces his support for the candidacy of Elias Sarkis - Gemayel welcomes Arab support for the Syrian initiative - The delegation of the National Command of the Baath (Shea, Sakrieh, Attari, al-Qadi) meets the National Front - Baalbek demonstrates against Brown. 76/4/17: The National Movement welcomes in a statement the Damascus talks and their results and the Syrian initiative immediately after the election of the president - Al-Ahdab: There is no Syrian intervention because this came at the request of Lebanon in the person of Karami - A Syrian delegation arrives in Saudi Arabia and conveys a message from Assad to Khaled - An urgent message from Arafat to Gaddafi - The Syrian delegation continues its activity in Lebanon - Gors: Syria played a positive role and our analysis is in line with Assad's - The Rejection Front rejects the Damascus agreement - Paris Match, France: Lebanon's prosperity is dead (photographic reportage) - Nouvel au Observateur, France: Jacques Berque attacks Gaddafi - The war of shells, snipers and clashes in Beirut and the suburbs (25 dead and 37 wounded).

**Ramia Hassan** · 08-27-2024, 07:20 PM

76/4/18: Assad receives three American sheikhs, including the Lebanese Abu Rizq - The White House: Syria's role in Lebanon is constructive - Gaddafi pledges to support the national movement and the Lebanese army
Al-Arabi - (Newspapers holiday due to Easter).

76/4/19: Ford: America has been exerting maximum efforts for three weeks to reach a solution in Lebanon and the situation will not cause a war in the region - Franjieh, Chamoun and Gemayel renew the campaign against the resistance and the Palestinians by attacking the Damascus agreement - Jumblatt confirms the inevitability of overcoming differences with Syria and the Kfour Front failed to push us into a clash with the Syrian army - The National Front warns the isolationists against escalation - The National Command delegation (Syria) meets the Mufti and Al-Wazzan - A message from Assad to Hussein, and Jordan summons its ambassador to Lebanon for consultation - Agence France-Presse: The Lebanese crisis is American and its target is the head of the resistance, but Jumblatt missed the opportunity with his reform program - The Soviet "Pravda": Saving Lebanon as an independent state and the French and American efforts are for internationalization - Egypt - Iraq's position coincides with the Egyptian initiative - Armed men in the town of Al-Qalaa in the south set up checkpoints and kidnap, and a warning from the National Movement - The joint forces occupy the stock exchange, and the General Security is burned by the Lebanese Forces' shells - The Syrian nationalists expect an attack on Al-Koura - The military committee returns For its meetings and the announcement of the ceasefire agreement No. 35. 76/4/20: Zuhair Mohsen denies the existence of secret clauses in the Damascus agreement in response to what the Phalange announced Abu Iyad: No agreement in light of the escalation by the Lebanese Forces - Franjieh is delaying the signing of the constitutional amendment - The National Movement: We are not afraid of illegitimacy, it is a step towards declaring a new rule in all of Lebanon - Edde after his meeting with a priest: There is an international conspiracy - The papal delegation meets with Arafat - The Syrian party delegation meets with Enaam Raad - Agence France-Presse: Jounieh has become to some extent the capital of the Maronite state - The Phalange is trying to penetrate Zaytouna and Shiyah, sniping continues in Beirut and clashes between Qalaa and Marjeyoun and the wounded from Qalaa are being treated in Marjeyoun 76/4/21: The papal envoy meets the Mufti, Al-Sadr, Jumblatt and meets with Brown, and Brown meets with the British and Iranian ambassadors in Beirut - Damascus announces that the Syrian-Palestinian agreement is free of any secret clauses - Jumblatt talks about an arms deal for the Lebanese Forces - Chamoun: The crisis is not sectarian and the left has destroyed the regime - Ahmad Al-Khatib: Syria The dialogue was devoted - The Palestinian Liberation Army takes its positions in the museum and the markets - A relatively quiet day despite the sniping and shells that hit Hamra and the airport. The Qalaa gunmen shell Marjeyoun and Arnoun and the Lebanese Arab Army investigates six who entered Israel - The Israeli crowds continue near "Matla" and an attack at dawn on the Rashidieh camp near Tyre.

76/4/22: The missile war between Nabaa and Sin el Fil, and it affects Achrafieh, Jdeideh, the Metn coast and West Beirut, and a plane burns at the airport from the bombing (50 dead and 300 wounded) and battles in the north and the continuation of the Qalaa-Marjeyoun war - The National Movement and the Resistance threaten to withdraw from the Military Committee meeting if the Lebanese Forces do not abide by the ceasefire - The National Movement discusses the local administration system - Brown after his meeting with Jumblatt: The solution must be Lebanese - Kissinger: Events may develop irreversibly - Talk about Syrian-French forces to control security - 76/4/23: The Military Committee decides to revive the regional security committees and resume the exchange of supplies between the East and West - Jumblatt accuses the Lebanese Forces of escalation, and Qleilat threatens to respond after the bombing of Nabaa - Military crowds advance from Jounieh towards Dora - Salam warns of the local administration system and Najah Wakim accuses this system of division - Brown heads to London to meet Kissinger .

4/24/76: Franjieh signs the law amending Article 73 of the Constitution - Maronite summit in Kfour Franjieh, Chamoun, Gemayel, Qassis - Edde visits Khreish in the context of the presidential battle - Qassis: No secret clauses in the Damascus Agreement - A five-member committee from the National Movement sets the local administration system and its mission is to provide supplies, security, and prevent foreign infiltration Jumblatt and Khatib discuss local administration, and MPs attack it as a justification for division Kissinger after meeting Brown: A unified Lebanese security force - Wafaa: America is trying to absorb the stage after its failure - Shells on the airport paralyze its movement.

4/25/76: Arafat visits Damascus - Abu Iyad: We reject any foreign intervention - Candidates for the presidency: Raymond Edde, Pierre Helou, Michel Khoury - Wide opposition to the local administration and the five-member committee continues with the project - Syrian, Kuwaiti and Jordanian newspapers express doubts about reaching a solution soon - Head of Israeli army operations: The Lebanese border has become a confrontation front - The situation deteriorated on the suburbs' axes and the Phalangists besiege a neighborhood in Fanar with the intention of displacing it - The Vatican envoy returns to his country - 4/26/76: Assad: Israel wants to divide Lebanon to include the south up to the Litani pastures - Abu al-Lutf: America is still trying to impose an American solution in the Middle East - Chamoun: It reserves the right to summon America to intervene - The National Bloc nominates Edde for the presidency, and al-Asaad returns from Damascus with a third candidate - A priest leans towards Edde - Bashir Gemayel: The parties' program agrees with our thinking - Khreish urges calm and agreement on a consensus candidate - Jumblatt: We vote or do not vote based on the parties' program The national movement represents 75% of the population and 82% of the land - kidnapping and sniping in Beirut - the military committee begins broadcasting the names of those violating the ceasefire and takes care of supplies.

76/4/27: Al-Asaad sets the session to elect the president for Saturday, May 1st - The National Movement objects to the date and Edde's circles consider it a conspiracy against him - And Shamoun maneuvers the Phalange after Karami supports Sarkis - Edde demands the cancellation of the electoral keys and a president familiar with "his country's villages" - Abu Saleh, one of the Fatah leaders, demands the cancellation of the Sinai Agreement and the Iraq Agreement - Iran - Al-Assad receives the Mufti - The new American ambassador: The resistance is a state within a state - The Pope's envoy: Modernizing the constitution is the only way out - Israel combs a number of border villages - The deaths continue to fall in kidnappings, sniper operations, and tension in Zahle. 4/28/76: Sarkis officially announces his candidacy for the presidency, stressing that Chehabism needs to be developed and gratefully welcomes Syria’s support - Pierre Helou withdraws from the Aley bloc as a presidential candidate, Edde becomes active and visits Jumblatt and Chamoun, and Jean Aziz begins his activity as a third Shih - Khaddam attacks Jumblatt in Kuwait because of the residence of: the local administration, Al-Khatib visits Tripoli and announces a leadership council in the north - Arafat’s envoy meets with Egyptian officials - The Soviet government issues a statement proposing the Geneva conference in two stages, warning of a fifth war, considering the Lebanese war an attempt at an Arab war, and insisting on a Palestinian state - The fronts flare up in Beirut, the mountains, and the north (75) dead, 112 wounded, and 29 bodies days before the election session. 4/29/76: Violent clashes in the commercial markets and shells between the eastern and western sides and 60 kidnapped - The National Movement opposes holding the session on May 1st, the escalation of the candidates' activity - Salam attacks Sarkis because he is an extension of the Franjieh era and praises Syria as Lebanon's support - One of the Fatah leaders: We do not support a candidate - The military committee forms a council to address the kidnapping issues - Israel bombs Kfar Kila - Babriz: We will not abandon the West Bank and the Golan Heights because they are the security of our settlements.

4/30/76: The session to elect the president is postponed to Saturday, May 8th - The National Movement supports Edde and authorizes Jumblatt to dialogue with the candidates - Explosion on all fronts and escalation of kidnappings (70) kidnapped, including Edde Chamoun, Camille Chamoun's nephew, at the Adliya checkpoint - Battles in the markets, the museum, the suburbs and the north - Egypt denies any connection between the Sinai agreement and the events in Lebanon.

A shot from the press conference of the French envoy (Gorres) at the Bristol Hotel on 4/14/1976

Karami announces Sarkis's candidacy for the presidency of the republic. 4/16/1976

The papal mission headed by (Bertoli) at the home of the Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Hassan Khaled. Aramoun on 4/22/1976

نیسان ( ابريل ) عام ١٩٧٦ .. حرب لبنان _ صور _ وثائق _ أحداث

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