One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.

Palestinians

Ethnonational group of the Levant

Palestinians are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. They represent a highly homogeneous community who share one cultural and ethnic identity, speak Palestinian Arabic and share close religious, linguistic, and cultural ties with other…

Beirut

Capital and largest city of Lebanon

Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2014, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the fourth-largest city in the Levant region and the sixteenth-largest in the Arab world. The city is situated…

Tel al-Zaatar massacre

1976 Christian militia attack on Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut

The Tel al-Zaatar massacre was a massacre of approximately 1500 Palestinians and Lebanese Muslims in the Tel al-Zaatar refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon on 12 August 1976. The camp had been under siege since January 1976 by Lebanese Christian militias of the Lebanese Front. The…

List of terrorist incidents

The following is a list of terrorist incidents that were not carried out by a state or its forces. Assassinations are presented in List of assassinations and unsuccessful attempts at List of people who survived assassination attempts and List of heads of state and government who…

Lebanese Civil War

1975–1990 conflict in Lebanon

The Lebanese Civil War was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 150,000 fatalities and led to the exodus of almost one million people from Lebanon.