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The Aishiyeh massacre was a massacre of around 70 Lebanese civilians, including at least 7 under the age of 16, in the village of ] by ] and ]; Four people were executed and one was burned alive.<ref>http://www.gotc-se.org/statements/SOUTH_OF_LEBANON_UPD1.html</ref> ] has been accused of personally ordering the massacre, along with massacres in ], Beit Mellat, and Tall Abbas.<ref>http://www.freeman.org/m_online/nov96/ad.htm</ref>


The '''Aishiyeh massacre''' was a massacre of more than 70 Lebanese civilians, including at least 7 under the age of 16, in the village of ] by ] and ]; four people were executed and one was burned alive.<ref name="GOTC">{{cite web|last1=Hajjar|first1=Claude|title=The War Against “South Lebanon – South Lebanese Army"|url=http://www.gotc-se.org/statements/SOUTH_OF_LEBANON_UPD1.html|website=Guardians of the Cedars|publisher=The Committee of Support for the Lebanese in Enforced Exile in Israel|accessdate=12 April 2017|date=January 2007|quote=Fatah, Saika Organization and their allies attacked the village of Aishiyeh in the South and committed mass murder and atrocities, as part of the Syrian Regime’s ethnic cleansing campaign. More than 70 innocent people were killed and 100 seriously wounded.}}</ref>
Similarly, the town was attacked again on November 5th, 1977, killing 41 people,<ref>http://www.lgic.org/en/help_syria_terrorism.php</ref> and shelled in 1986, causing heavy damage without any reported casualties.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/25/world/lebanese-report-israeli-shelling.html</ref>

Similarly, the town was attacked again by Saika on November 5th, 1977, killing 41 people;<ref>{{cite web|title=Syrian Terrorism Against Lebanese|url=http://www.lgic.org/en/help_syria_terrorism.php|website=Lebanese American Information Centers|accessdate=12 April 2017|date=2005|quote=On November 5, 1977 the Saheka forces attacked the village of Aishiyeh killing 41 of its residents and displacing most of the others.}}</ref> shelled by Israeli forces in 1979, killing 23 and wounding 36;<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nakhleh|first1=Issa|title=Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem|date=1991|publisher=Intercontinental Books|isbn=9780962288111|page=805|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Encyclopedia_of_the_Palestine_Problem.html?id=aRa7AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=12 April 2017|chapter=Israeli War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Lebanon Between 1978-1982|quote=On January 19, 1979 Israeli forces attacked Arnoun and Aishiyeh, and the Rashidiyeh and Burj al-Shemali Palestinian refugee camps, killing 23 and wounding 36 persons.}}</ref> and bombed by guerrilla groups in 1986 causing heavy damage without any reported casualties.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hijazi|first1=Ihsan A.|title=Lebanese Report Israeli Shelling|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/25/world/lebanese-report-israeli-shelling.html|website=The New York Times|accessdate=12 April 2017|location=Beirut, Lebanon|date=25 March 1986|quote=...guerrillas fired Soviet-made Katyusha rockets into the Christian village of Aishiye, a stronghold of the Israeli-backed militia known as the South Lebanon Army. No casualties were reported there, but the radio said damage was severe.}}</ref>


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Aishiyeh massacre
Part of Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon
Aishiya is located in LebanonAishiyaAishiyaAishiya (Lebanon)
LocationAishiya, Lebanon
Coordinates33°24′29.89″N 35°33′23.02″E / 33.4083028°N 35.5563944°E / 33.4083028; 35.5563944
Date19-21 October 1976
TargetLebanese civilians
Attack typeMassacre
Deaths70+
Injured100
Perpetrators As-Sa'iqa
File:Fatah Flag.svg Fatah

The Aishiyeh massacre was a massacre of more than 70 Lebanese civilians, including at least 7 under the age of 16, in the village of Aishiyeh by Fatah and Saika; four people were executed and one was burned alive.

Similarly, the town was attacked again by Saika on November 5th, 1977, killing 41 people; shelled by Israeli forces in 1979, killing 23 and wounding 36; and bombed by guerrilla groups in 1986 causing heavy damage without any reported casualties.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hajjar, Claude (January 2007). "The War Against "South Lebanon – South Lebanese Army"". Guardians of the Cedars. The Committee of Support for the Lebanese in Enforced Exile in Israel. Retrieved 12 April 2017. Fatah, Saika Organization and their allies attacked the village of Aishiyeh in the South and committed mass murder and atrocities, as part of the Syrian Regime's ethnic cleansing campaign. More than 70 innocent people were killed and 100 seriously wounded.
  2. "Syrian Terrorism Against Lebanese". Lebanese American Information Centers. 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2017. On November 5, 1977 the Saheka forces attacked the village of Aishiyeh killing 41 of its residents and displacing most of the others.
  3. Nakhleh, Issa (1991). "Israeli War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Lebanon Between 1978-1982". Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem. Intercontinental Books. p. 805. ISBN 9780962288111. Retrieved 12 April 2017. On January 19, 1979 Israeli forces attacked Arnoun and Aishiyeh, and the Rashidiyeh and Burj al-Shemali Palestinian refugee camps, killing 23 and wounding 36 persons.
  4. Hijazi, Ihsan A. (25 March 1986). "Lebanese Report Israeli Shelling". The New York Times. Beirut, Lebanon. Retrieved 12 April 2017. ...guerrillas fired Soviet-made Katyusha rockets into the Christian village of Aishiye, a stronghold of the Israeli-backed militia known as the South Lebanon Army. No casualties were reported there, but the radio said damage was severe.

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