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Assassination of Lebanese president-elect Bashir Gemayel

Bashir Gemayel, leader of the Lebanese Forces and newly elected president of Lebanon, was killed by a bomb in Beirut.

Assassination of Lebanese president-elect Bashir Gemayel

His assassination removed Lebanon’s president-elect and triggered a rapid escalation of violence and Israeli military moves in Beirut that directly affected U.S. diplomatic and peacekeeping efforts in the country.

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