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Day of the Long Knives (Beirut)
The Day of the Long Knives occurred in the coastal town Safra (north to Beirut) on July 7, 1980 during the Lebanese civil war, as part of Bashir Gemayel's effort to consolidate all the Christian fighters under his leadership in the Lebanese Forces.
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