Word: rashidiyeh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...segment of the main road that connects Beirut with the south, effectively blocking the passage of Lebanese refugees seeking escape from the relentless bombings. Israeli gunships off the southern Lebanese coast joined the attack by shelling the village of Ras el Rin and the Palestinian refugee camp at Rashidiyeh, near the Israeli border. Just outside Damur, south of Beirut, more than 20 mutilated bodies lay strewn across the road. On the route to Sidon, a civilian bus was struck by a bomb that killed 20 passengers and wounded 35 others...
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