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5 September 1983

⚰Kfarmatta massacre

Mount Lebanon#Civil war
AttackerLebanese Forces➜TargetPSP / Jumblatt

From 5 to 7 September 1983 members of the Lebanese Forces killed some 145 Druze in Kfarmatta and the villages of the western Shahhar at the start of the Mountain War; it became the pretext for the Druze sweep of the Mountain and the displacement of its Christians.

▲ The Mountain WarFall of Bhamdoun to the Druze ▼
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