Word: hamra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Until last week, most of the Israeli attacks had been concentrated on Fakhani, the Palestinian refugee camps and the southern suburbs. But now Israeli artillery and gunboats sent round after round crashing into Hamra, the downtown section of West Beirut, where the P.L.O. has no military positions except for mobile rockets and artillery pieces in the streets. As buildings sagged and crumbled, fires raged out of control. There was no water to help quench the flames; the Israelis had shut off the flow...