Armed Druze men surrounded the Greek Catholic village of Sirjbal, at the entrance of the Shuf, and killed two people. This operation was aimed at pushing Christians out from the seven villages of the valleys (al-Wadaya) to clear the Shuf road for the Joint Forces. In effect, 500 Christians from these villages left their hometowns and moved to the southeastern suburbs of Beirut.
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Associated Timeline/Case
An Untenable Truce | January, 1977 to December, 1982
Date of incident
June 01, 1979
Death toll
2 person(s)
Number of Injured
0 person(s)
Location
Sirjbal
Primary category
Forced Displacement of Population
