List of massacres in Lebanon

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Lebanon (numbers may be approximate):

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Victims	Perpetrators	Notes
Siege of Tyre (332 BC)	332 BC	Tyre	2,000	Tyrians	Ancient Macedonian army	2,000 Tyrians crucified on the beach by Alexander the Great's army
1860 Mount Lebanon civil war	July 9–11, 1860	Beirut and Damascus, Syria	7,000–25,000	Christians	Druze	A civil war between Druze and Christians in Mount Lebanon where large massacres of Christians at Deir al-Qamar, Hasbaya, Rashaya and elsewhere took place. The conflict spilled over to Damascus where Druze and Sunni Muslim paramilitary groups organized pogroms against Christian residents and refugees; 326 villages, 560 churches, 28 colleges, 42 convents, and 9 other religious establishments were completely destroyed. Many Druze and Muslims were also killed during the conflict.
Hula massacre	October 31, 1948	Hula	35–58	Lebanese	Carmeli Brigade, Israel Defense Forces	Hula, located in Lebanon, was captured on October 24 by the Carmeli Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces without any resistance. The women and children were expelled, most of the men aged between 15 and 60 were shot. In total between 35 and 58 men were executed in a house which was later blown up on top of them.[1]
Bus massacre	April 13, 1975	Beirut	300	PLO	Phalange	27 Palestinian civilians traveling in a bus through one of the Ain el Rummaneh neighborhoods of Beirut were attacked by Christian Phalangists. Many more people were killed in subsequent fighting in other areas of the city later that day. No specific reason was given for the ambush, but this incident is known to several historians as one of the main reasons that Lebanon was dragged into a long civil war.
Black Saturday	December 6, 1975	Beirut	300–350	Muslims, Druze	Phalange	Four young Christian Phalangists were assassinated on the Fanar (Matn) road in Beirut. In retaliation, Phalangists murdered hundreds of non-Christians. It is estimated that more than 300 civilians were murdered in what was the first Ethnic cleansing of the Lebanese Civil War.
Karantina massacre	January 18, 1976	Beirut	300–1,500		Phalange	Karantina was a predominantly Muslim slum — with Lebanese and Palestine refugees, and others — in northeastern Beirut, and was overrun by the Lebanese Christian militias.
Damour massacre	January 20, 1976	Damour	150–584[2]	Christians	Palestine Liberation Organisation, Lebanese National Movement	PLO and LNM units attacked a Christian town, purportedly as revenge of the earlier Karantina Massacre by Christian militias. Among those killed were Phalangist militiamen and family members of Christian militia leader Elie Hobeika, and his fiancée. Hobeika later led the Phalangists in the Sabra and Shatila massacre, with the aid of the Israeli army.
Tel al-Zaatar massacre	August 12, 1976	Beirut	1,500–5,000		Phalange	Christian Phalangists and other right wing Christian militias besieged Tel Al-Zaatar with help from Syrian Army units; after heavy fighting, they killed Palestinian civilian refugees and PLO fedayeen or fighters. 4,000 injured
Aishiyeh massacre	October 19-21, 1976	Aishiyeh	60–80	Christians	Fatah, As-Sa'iqa	Fatah and As-Sa'iqa massacred the predominantly Christian village, including seven under 16yo, though it was overshadowed by the massacres of Tel al-Zaatar and Damour earlier the same year.
Ehden massacre	June 13, 1978	Ehden	40		Phalange
Safra massacre	July 7, 1980	Safra	83		Phalange
Sabra and Shatila massacre	September 16, 1982	West Beirut	460–3,500	Palestinians and Lebanese Shiites	Phalange	Sabra and Shatila were Palestinian refugee camps with both Sunni and Christian Palestinian refugees, as well as some poor Lebanese and Kurds.
Mountain war massacres	1983	South Mount Lebanon	500–1,500	Christians	Druze	Druze forces massacred hundreds of Christian civilians, ethnically cleansing South Mount Lebanon from Christian presence.
1983 United States embassy bombing	April 18, 1983	Beirut	63	Lebanese and Americans	Islamic Jihad Organization	Islamic militants bombed United States embassy
1983 Beirut barracks bombing	October 23, 1983	Beirut	307	Americans, French and Lebanese	Islamic Jihad Organization	Victims were mostly American Marines.
War of the Camps	May 1985	West Beirut	3,781			Sabra, Shatila and Burj el-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camps were besieged and bombed by the Shi'ite Amal militia, with Syrian Army support. 6,787 injured. Some activity occurred after May 1985
October 13 massacre	October 13, 1990	Beirut	740–940	Lebanese	Syrian Armed Forces	2000 injured; Maronite Lebanese soldiers and civilians were killed by Syrian forces after surrender
Qana Massacre	April 18, 1996	Qana	106	Lebanese	Israel Defense Forces	The Israel Defense Forces fired artillery shells at a United Nations compound, which had given refuge to 800 Lebanese civilians. 116 injured. 1982 Assassination of Bachir Gemayel. 34 casualties 2005 Assassination of Rafic Hariri. 70 casualties 2006 Israel second war. 1200 casualties 4 August, 2020 Beirut port bombing. 200 casualties

References

1. Tveit, Odd Karsten (2010) Goodbye Lebanon. Israel's First Defeat. Rimal Publication. Translated by Peter Scott-Hansen. ISBN 978-9963-715-03-9. p.368. Quoting General Dov Yermiya.
2. Nisan, 2003