The Bus That Burned: How a 1975 Shooting Ignited Lebanon's 15-Year Civil War

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the immediate trigger of Lebanon's devastating civil war: the Ain al-Rummaneh bus shooting on April 13, 1975. They break down the chain of events — a church dedication, an assassination attempt on Pierre Gemayel, and a bus carrying Palestinians that became a symbol of the nation's fracture. They examine the role of the Kataeb party, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and the tensions that turned a skirmish into a decades-long conflict. Listeners will learn about the precise location, the victims, and how a single bullet reshaped an entire country.

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