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6 April 1980

✸Siege of the Irish battalion at At Tiri

South Lebanon#Israel–Lebanon
AttackerSLA (Haddad / Lahad)➜TargetUnited Nations / UNIFIL

From 6 to 12 April 1980 the collaborator Saad Haddad's militia attacked the Irish battalion's position at At Tiri, which held out with Dutch and Fijian reinforcements until the Dutch fired TOW missiles; an Irish soldier, a Fijian soldier and a militiaman were killed.

Two Irish soldiers executed by Haddad's militia ▼
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