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The opening as it read in 2010

The Bus Massacre (also known as the Ain El Remmaneh incident or Massacre) is commonly presented as the spark that set off the Lebanese Civil War .¹ Pierre Gemayel , leader of the Kataeb Party and one of the most powerful men in Maronite Lebanon, was present for the family baptism. Four of the members were killed; the attack was believed to have been an attempt on the life of Gemayel, who blamed it on Palestinians . Hours later, Gemayel's supporters retaliated by killing 26 members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC) traveling on a bus through Ain El Remmaneh on the way to the Palestinian refugee camp Tel el-Zaatar after attending a PFLP-GC conference. As news of the murders spread, armed clashes between Palestinian militias and the Phalange erupted throughout the city. Soon Lebanese National Movement militias entered the battle alongside the Palestinians. Numerous ceasefires and political talks proved fruitless. Sporadic violence grew into a civil war in which 80,000 people were killed during the following year and a half.²

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The opening as it stood in 2015 7 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

The Bus Massacre , also known as the ‘Ain el-Rammaneh incident’ (or 'massacre'), was the collective name given to a short series of armed clashes involving Lebanese Christian and Palestinian elements in the streets of central Beirut , which is commonly presented as the spark that set off the Lebanese Civil War in the mid-1970s.

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The opening as it stood in 2020

The Bus Massacre , also known as the "Ain el-Rammaneh incident" (or massacre) and the "Black Sunday", was the collective name given to a short series of armed clashes involving Lebanese Christian and Palestinian elements in the streets of central Beirut , which is commonly presented as the spark that set off the Lebanese Civil War in the mid-1970s.

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

1975 armed clashes between Phalangist and Palestinian organizations in Beirut, Lebanon The 1975 Beirut bus massacre ( ), also known as the Ain el-Rammaneh incident and the "Black Sunday" , was the collective name given to a short series of armed clashes involving Phalangist and Palestinian elements in the streets of central Beirut , which is commonly presented as the spark that set off the Lebanese Civil War in the mid-1970s.

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The opening as it stood in 2025

1975 armed clashes between Phalangist and Palestinian organizations in Beirut, Lebanon The 1975 Beirut bus massacre ( Arabic : مجزرة بوسطة عين الرمانة ,مجزرة عين الرمانة ), also known as the Ain el-Rammaneh incident and Black Sunday , was the collective name given to a short series of armed clashes involving Phalangist and Palestinian elements in the streets of central Beirut , which is commonly presented as the spark that set off the Lebanese Civil War in the mid-1970s.

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