Black Saturday (Lebanon)

Black Saturday Massacre
Black Saturday Massacre
Part of the Lebanese Civil War
Location	Beirut, Lebanon
Coordinates	33°44′N 35°27′E / 33.733°N 35.450°ECoordinates: 33°44′N 35°27′E / 33.733°N 35.450°E
Date	6 December 1975 (ccKi)
Target	Lebanese Muslims, Druze and Palestinians in Lebanon
Attack type	Massacre
Deaths	200+
Perpetrators	Kataeb Party

Black Saturday (Arabic: السبت الأسود) was the massacre of about 300 Lebanese Muslims and Druze in Beirut by Phalangists on Saturday 6 December 1975, during the early stages of the Lebanese Civil War.^[2]^[3]^[4] It set a precedent for later outbreaks such as the Battle of the Hotels, the Karantina massacre and the Damour massacre.^[4]

The killings were led by Joseph Saade, a Phalangist whose son was killed in Fanar earlier that day, when four young Christian Phalangists (Kataeb) were assassinated by Muslims on the Fanar road in Lebanon.^[5]

The massacre set Beirut ablaze, and accelerated the civil war.^[2]

References[]

^ Lebanese Civil War 6 December 1975 Saturday. Website liberty05. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b Tamimova, May (2018). "The Black Saturday Massacre of 1975: the discomfort of assembling the Lebanese civil war narrative". Contemporary Levant. 3 (2): 123–136. doi:10.1080/20581831.2018.1531531.
^ "Lebanon - The Early Stages of Combat". www.country-data.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b May Tamimova (2018) The Black Saturday Massacre of 1975: the discomfort of assembling the Lebanese civil war narrative, Contemporary Levant, 3:2, 123-136, DOI: 10.1080/20581831.2018.1531531
^ Venter, Al J. (19 October 2010). Barrel of a Gun: A War Correspondent's Misspent Moments in Combat. Casemate. ISBN 978-1-61200-032-9.

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[liberty-1] Lebanese Civil War 6 December 1975 Saturday. Website liberty05. Retrieved 17 July 2017.

[:0-2] Tamimova, May (2018). "The Black Saturday Massacre of 1975: the discomfort of assembling the Lebanese civil war narrative". Contemporary Levant. 3 (2): 123–136. doi:10.1080/20581831.2018.1531531.

[3] "Lebanon - The Early Stages of Combat". www.country-data.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

[Taminova-4] May Tamimova (2018) The Black Saturday Massacre of 1975: the discomfort of assembling the Lebanese civil war narrative, Contemporary Levant, 3:2, 123-136, DOI: 10.1080/20581831.2018.1531531

[5] Venter, Al J. (19 October 2010). Barrel of a Gun: A War Correspondent's Misspent Moments in Combat. Casemate. ISBN 978-1-61200-032-9.

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