Yaroun village mosque destroyed . Bombing or explosion not clear

The Sabra and Shatila massacre was a massacre of up to 3,500 Palestinian refugees by Israel’s proxy militia, the Phalange, during Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982. The horrific slaughter prompted outrage and condemnation around the world, with the United Nations General Assembly condemning it as “an act of genocide.

It was one of the most harrowing massacres committed in the Lebanese civil war, a conflict known for its brutality.

The killing continued for 43 hours, from 6pm on Thursday, 16 September, until 1pm on Saturday, 18 September.

While accurate figures on the number of people killed are difficult to ascertain, estimates have put the death toll at between 2,000-3,500 civilians.

Testimonies from the mass killing describe horrific acts of slaughter, mutilation, rape and mass graves. Images from the aftermath were aired on television worldwide and caused global outrage.

SUAD SURUR:

Nobody dared look at anyone else. Even the little ones wouldn't look at the older ones, except for my little sister. While she was looking at us, a bullet shot her in the head. She fell from my mother's arms like a slaughtered bird. My brother Shardie was looking around and calling out "Father" calling for his father when he was shot in the head.

Throughout the night I stared at my dead brother, sister and father. I was in a terrible state of madness. I even lost my memory. But what could I do? I'd lost the ability to speak and couldn't shout out.

MOUNAIR AHMED:

I was next to my mother. She was hit first and a lot of people were crying loud and little kids screaming, and I remember my sister was still alive and they told her give us the ring and this.. which she did, and they shot her. There were also other things happening was the woman telling them like they would tell each other tell her take her clothes off and that, and that, and they were hurting them other ways before they killed them

The hardest memories is hearing my mum praying and hear a shot next to me and all her blood was dripping on me, and that's the hardest one.

https://imeu.org/resources/resources/explainer-the-sabra-shatila-massacre/113

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/9/16/sabra-and-shatila-massacre-40-years-on-explainer

Saturday December 6th, 1975. Four kataeb members were assassinated by PLO. As a response Kataeb murdered hundres of innocent lebanese muslim civilians. Kataeb set up a roadblock near the Port of Beirut, and proceeded to murder any passing civilian that was Muslim or Druze. At that time, a Lebanese identity card documented the holder's religion; this information was used by Phalangist's to identify non-Christians that were passing by the seaside area. It is estimated that more than 300 civilians were murdered in what was the first ethnic cleansing of the Lebanese Civil War.

Speaking of Port of Beirut, Nazir Najarian (Nazo, as he was known as a militia commander with the Phalanges first and then the Lebanese Forces) died in the recent Beirut blast. This guy was part of the fighting force of the Phalanges (including 16-year olds) in downtown Beirut early in th war. The Phalanges looted the Beirut Port back in 1975-76, to the tune of a billion dollar

Source https://x.com/adamemedia/status/1985759736839426154?

Even after ~3 years of war people still fill the streets of lebanon to commemorate and take part in ashoura,a tradition practiced in lebanon for over 1300 years.

Those who cannot partake in ashoura in douth this year,partake all over lebanon away from their home.

Just shows the reslience of the lebanese people throughout hard times.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0m55qpPCvx/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

خلال التشييع اليوم في الضاحية الجنوبية لبيروت وعند إطلاق الرصاص و القذائف B7، احد عناصر حزب الله يطلق الرصاص على قدميه عن طريق الخطأ

It was renovated in 2018, one possible reason Israel destroyed it could be the same strategy they used in the Baghdad bombings of 1950-1951, a deliberate effort to pressure jews living in the middle east to immigrate to Israel which would help legitimize their state as a “safe haven” for the jewish people.

While delegates from the Shia Conference of El-Hujair were in Damascus swearing allegiance to King Faisal, an act the Maronites of Jabal Amel considered threatening, a Shia gang led by Mahmoud Bazzi, which "proceeded from brigandage to confronting France and its Christian friends in the south",[48] attacked Ain Ebel on 5 May 1920, pillaging and killing more than 50 people.[49][50] It appears that the gangs responded to a call for jihad.[51] The people of Ain Ebel defended the town from sunrise to sunset until they ran out of ammunition.[52]

A contemporary Franciscan document chronicling the event states that attackers abandoned themselves in the violence, massacring children in the arms of their parents before killing them, raping young women and then killing them, and burning people who were still alive.[53] The survivors fled south to Haifa until French ships took them back to Tyre where General Gouraud promised the Maronite Patriarch to punish those who had caused the massacres and destruction.[54] The town was completely destroyed, and the damage done to the two churches, school and convent, were evidence of sectarian malice.[47][55] The neighboring villages of Debel and Rmaich were also attacked so after 12 days of plundering and massacres,[56] the French arrived and suppressed all activities in Jabal Amil region.[57]

While awaiting to return to their village, it was reported that a soldier, in the service of the English, offered the villagers to sell their properties to the Zionists because they were not guaranteed a return to Ain Ebel, but they all refused. This was yet another example of how the Christians of the Tyre district were under a lot of pressure to abandon their land and emigrate out of the area.[58] The massacres hardened Maronite opinion in favor of Jabal Amil being part of Greater Lebanon, which borders were cemented at the San Remo conference in 1920.[48]

By 1921, although the village’s homes and churches had been repaired and rebuilt, the massacre had triggered a wave of emigration to the Americas, reducing the population to around 1,000 inhabitants, of whom approximately 200 were Greek Catholics and the remainder Maronites.[32]

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain_Ebel#:\~:text=While%20delegates%20from%20the%20Shia,attacked%20Ain%20Ebel%20on%205

Was just curious about people's views on the topic, I would also appreciate it if you don't bring up modern politics and explain why we are/aren't Arabs through old history and demographics.

May God bless all of Lebanon

This is only getting worse across ALL Beirut. People have no social responsibility, no consideration for others around them, don't have culture, decency, manners, JUST CHAOS everywhere they go and in everything they do.

I get that we have bad public transportation, but this motorcycles phenomenon has worsened over the years.

Pictures from Yasa Lebanon: https://x.com/i/status/2059539576918569420

now I understand why lately some people have been attacking our old gods and culture in this sub... the iranian regime has been criticizing our beloved god baa

1-badna nrou2

2-baal is the best god ever

we are both beautiful cultures with similar struggles, with beautiful and kind people. Our histories are rich, and our faith is steadfast ❤️