Qaa massacre
Qaa Massacre | |
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Part of the Lebanese Civil War | |
![]() Victims of the massacre | |
Location | Qaa, Lebanon |
Date | 28 June 1978; 46 years ago (1978-06-28) |
Target | Kataeb members |
Attack type | Massacre |
Deaths | 26 people |
Perpetrators | Rifaat al-Assad |
Motive | Revenge for the murder of Tony Frangieh |
The Qaa massacre (Arabic: مجزرة القاع) took place on June 28 1978, four villages in Baalback were attacked Ras Baalback, Qaa, Fakiha and Jdeide.
The New York Times reported that the victims were believed to have taken part in the killing of 34 people two weeks earlier in the northern town of Ehden. The report quoted Camille Chamoun as saying that the attack on the four villages was by “non-Lebanese, non-civilians” and that the gunmen entered the villages with lists of names. Phalangist radio reported 40 people were kidnapped and 26 of them killed. The dead were reported to be members of the Phalangist Kataeb party and Chamoun’s National Liberal Party.[1]
Background
Fifteen days earlier, Kataeb committed a massacre in Ehden, killing 40 people including Tony Frangieh.[2]
References
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- Bus massacre
- Black Thursday
- Battle of the Hotels
- ASALA insurgency
- Black Saturday
- Karantina massacre
- Damour massacre
- 1976 Syrian intervention
- Siege of Tel al-Zaatar
- Chekka massacre
- Aishiyeh massacre
Second phase: 1977–1982
- Chouf massacres
- Hundred Days' War
- 1978 South Lebanon conflict
- Battle of Kaukaba
- Ehden massacre
- Qaa massacre
- Battle of Qnat
- At Tiri incident
- Safra massacre
- Battle of Zahleh
- 1981 Israeli bombing
- Iraqi Embassy bombing
Third phase: 1982–1984
- 1982 Beirut bombing
- 1982 Lebanon War
- 1982 kidnapping of Iranian diplomats
- Multinational Force in Lebanon
- Assassination of Bachir Gemayel
- Sabra and Shatila massacre
- U.S. embassy bombing
- Barracks bombings
- Mountain War
- Battle of Tripoli
- February 6 Intifada
- 1984 Sohmor massacre
Fourth phase: 1984–1990
- U.S. embassy annex bombing
- War of the Camps
- 1985 Beirut car bombings
- January 1986 Lebanese Forces coup
- Assassination of Rashid Karami
- War of Brothers
- War of Liberation
- Dahr al-Wahsh massacre
- War of Elimination
- Assassination of René Moawad
- Battle of Sidon
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