chronologies
day by day
1968/2025
\_All chronologies
\_The road to war
(1968/1974)
\_The Lebanese war
(1975/1990)
\_After the war
(1991/2005)
\_July 2006, the books
(2006)
\_Since 2005
(2005/2025)
\_All by dates
(one grid)
\_On this day
\_Search
(words and dates)
\_Lebanese War
(the original chronology)
\_July War 2006
(minute by minute)

Search the chronologies

all by dates · all chronologies
111101 entriesfrom the booksonly where the books disagree
chronologiesallThe road to war 1968–1974The Lebanese war 1975–1990After the war 1991–2005July 2006, as the books tell it 2006Since 2005 2005–2025
681968696970197071717272737374747575767677777878797980198081818282838384848585868687878888898990199091919292939394949595969697979898999900200001010202030304040505060607070808090910201011111212131314141515161617171818191920202021212222232324242525any year

1972, 2012

‹ earlierlater ›

any date

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecany month
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031any day

6 entries on 6 dates · the books disagree on 6

February 1972

February 1972: day not established

The road to war · From the books

The Israeli army invades the south as far as the Litani.
Picard counts over 100 dead and over 150 houses destroyed as Israeli troops, aiming to disable the fedayeen and their Lebanese backers, drove south to several points on the Litani.

Sources differ: Picard gives one toll, 'on each occasion', for this and the September 1972 invasion alike.

\_this day in full

September 1972

Saturday, 16 September 1972

The road to war · From the books

After Munich, Israel invades South Lebanon for three days.
Israeli forces entered the south in reprisal for the Munich Olympics attack on Israeli athletes, striking Nahr al-Bared camp and southern and Bekaa villages. The Lebanese army held them up for two days; they left after three, destroying bridges and houses on the way out. De Clerck & Malsagne count 118 dead.

Sources differ: Death toll 118 (de Clerck & Malsagne) or more than 100 (Picard). Only de Clerck & Malsagne give the day.

\_this day in full \_on this day

November 1972

Friday, 3 November 1972

The road to war · From the books

Workers at the Ghandour factories begin an open-ended strike.
On 3 November 1972 an indefinite strike began at the Ghandour confectionery group, Lebanon's largest non-unionised industrial workforce. Workers wanted their factory committee recognised, the right to unionise, equal wages for women and higher pay.

Sources differ: Workforce: 1,200 in Shiyah (Traboulsi) or about 1,250 in Choueifat plus 350 in Chiyah (Tufaro).

\_this day in full \_on this day

Saturday, 11 November 1972

The road to war · From the books

Police fire on Ghandour strikers, killing two.
Two workers died on 11 November 1972 when security forces opened fire outside Ghandour's Chiyah plant: Fatima al-Khawaja of the Communist Party and Yusuf al-Attar of the OCA's workers' committees. Others were wounded. De Clerck & Malsagne call it the first workers' protest since independence put down with deadly force.

Sources differ: Wounded: 14 (Traboulsi) or 19, including 13 policemen (de Clerck & Malsagne).

\_this day in full \_on this day

December 1972

Friday, 15 December 1972

The road to war · From the books

Ghandour locks out and dismisses its workers.
Talks failed; the company locked out and sacked its whole workforce. Traboulsi says it reopened after a week, taking back all but 100 it saw as ringleaders; Tufaro describes a six-month lockout that fresh protests ended, with the demands unmet.

Sources differ: Length of the lockout: one week (Traboulsi) against a declared six months (Tufaro).

\_this day in full \_on this day

1972

1972 (month not given): day not established

The road to war · From the books

The last parliamentary elections before the war.
After the 1972 general elections there were none for twenty years; the parliament they chose sat through the whole war. Hanf rates them Lebanon's cleanest and freest; Traboulsi stresses how little they let new forces in.

Sources differ: Hanf: Lebanon's freest elections; Traboulsi, citing Le Monde: a chamber hardly representing public opinion.

\_this day in full