The Aishiyeh massacre was a massacre in 1976 in

Aishiya Aaichiyeh ( ar, عيشية ) is a village in Jezzine District in Southern Lebanon. It is located 82 kilometers far from Beirut and on altitude of 750 meters, and is accessible by the roads of Nabatieh-Jezzine and Marjayoun-Jezzine. Its populat ...

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, of more than 70 Lebanese Christian civilians, including at least 7 under the age of 16, by the Syrian backed Palestinian factions

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and

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during the

Lebanese Civil War The Lebanese Civil War ( ar, الحرب الأهلية اللبنانية, translit=Al-Ḥarb al-Ahliyyah al-Libnāniyyah) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 120,000 fatalities a ...

. Four people were reported to be executed and one was burned alive. The village was depopulated and used as

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base of operation. The Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence estimated that at least 100 people were injured in the attack. The town was attacked again by

on November 5, 1977, killing 41 people.

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