On this day, October 23, 1983, hundreds of American soldiers lost their lives on Lebanese soil. Two buildings in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, were blown up by terrorists with a truck full of explosives. American and French soldiers were housed in these buildings. 241 American soldiers were killed in the explosion. Also known as the Beirut barracks attack.
The Beirut Barracks bombings were a series of suicide attacks that occurred in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 1983. The US Marines killed in the explosion, who were part of the multinational force in Lebanon, were part of a peacekeeping mission during the Lebanese civil war. The US Marines were stationed at the Beirut International Airport Marine Barracks when the attack occurred.
The American soldiers were on a peacekeeping mission in the midst of Lebanon’s civil war.
Civil war broke out in Lebanon in 1975. A multinational force (MNF) was deployed there to end long-standing instability and restore peace. On August 20, 1982, a multinational force including 800 US Marines was ordered to Beirut to assist in a military peacekeeping operation during the Lebanese Civil War. French soldiers were also present there.
Two explosions occurred one after another.
On October 23, a Lebanese terrorist drove his bomb-laden truck into three guard posts and the lobby of a Navy barracks in Beirut and detonated it. 241 US service members were killed in this suicide attack. That same morning, another suicide terrorist attack killed 58 French soldiers in their barracks two miles away. Both explosions occurred within a few minutes of each other.
The group that carried out the incident was linked to Hezbollah
These attacks are alleged to have been carried out by a terrorist group called Islamic Jihad, linked to Iran and Hezbollah. A total of 307 people were killed in these attacks in Beirut. Among them were 241 Americans, 58 French military personnel, six civilians and two attackers.
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Accused of Beirut barracks explosion dies this year
Last month, Israeli forces killed Ibrahim Akil, a top Hezbollah military commander, in Beirut, the Lebanese capital. Hezbollah confirmed Akil’s death. This same Ibrahim Akil is said to have been involved in the explosion of a truck at the American barracks in 1983. The United States was searching for this for a long time.
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important events
On October 23, 1922, the German army occupied Saxony and crushed the Soviet Republic there.
On 23 October 1943, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose established the Rani Brigade of Jhansi at Azad Hind Fauj in Singapore.
On October 23, 1934, Mahatma Gandhi resigned from his position as leader of the Indian National Congress.
