Damour massacre
The Damour massacre took place on 20 January 1976, during the 1975–1990 Lebanese Civil War. Damour, a Maronite Christian town on the main highway south of Beirut, was attacked by left-wing militants of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and as-Sa'iqa. Many of its people died in battle or in the massacre that followed, and the others were forced to flee. According to Robert Fisk, the town was the first to be subject to ethnic cleansing in the Lebanese Civil War. The massacre was in retaliation to the Karantina massacre by the Phalangists.
| Damour massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Lebanese Civil War | |
A destroyed house in Damour (ICRC archives) | |
| Location | Damour, Lebanon |
| Coordinates | 33°44′N 35°27′E |
| Date | 20 January 1976 |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 582 |
| Perpetrators | Palestine Liberation Organization |
| Motive | Anti-Christian sentiment, revenge for the Karantina massacre |
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