5 July 1976
⚰Chekka massacre
North & Bekaa#Civil war
AttackerNational Movement / LeftPLO / Fatah➜TargetChristian forces (generic)
On 5 July 1976 forces of the National Movement and the Palestinians attacked Chekka and Hamat in the Koura, killing some two hundred Christians before the Kataeb and the Marada retook the area; one of the largest massacres in the North, and a reply to the siege of the camps in East Beirut.