Bus Massacre Sparks Lebanese Civil War: 26 Killed
Phalangist fighters ambush a bus and kill 26 Palestinian militia members, igniting a fifteen-year civil war that shatters Lebanon's stability. This massacre transforms local tensions into a full-scale conflict that draws in regional powers and reshapes the Middle East for decades.
April 13, 1975
51 years ago
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Lebanon
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Lebanese Civil War
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Bus Massacre
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Phalangist
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Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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Phalangist
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Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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Lebanon
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Lebanese Civil War
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Palestinians
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1975 Beirut bus massacre
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Kataeb Party
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فادي إبراهيم
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فريال كريم
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