24 December 1983
⚔The Sabra-Shatila battle between the army and Amal
Beirut & suburbs#Civil war
AttackerLebanese Army➜TargetAmal Movement
On 24 December 1983 the Lebanese army tried to occupy positions the French had vacated at Sabra and Shatila, and Amal and the Druze People's Liberation Army confronted it in a five-day street battle that ended with the army's withdrawal to East Beirut.