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Conflict Incident Report
Shelling of residential East and West Beirut
Associated Timeline/Case:
The Two-Year War | February, 1975 to December, 1976
Date of incident:
August 14, 1976 to August 24, 1976
Death toll:
250persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
National Movement (NM)
Christian militias
Residential areas in East and West Beirut and their suburbs came under intense shelling with the Christian militias shelling West Beirut and the Joint Forces shelling East. Each day at least 25 people were killed and dozens wounded among the fighters and the civilians.
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