This is not middle age history
By: Michel Raphael
16.4.02
This is modern history happened in the last part of the 20th century.
In 1990 was issued the consequences of the war against Lebanon by the Arabs and their proxy Palestinians,Syrians,etc.

THE HUMAN LOSSES
140,000 were killed,90% of whom were civilians.
300,000 were injured,80%,of whom were civilians and approximately half of whom were handicapped.
9,600 were handicapped.Some have died since.
17,000were reported missing.
13,were kidnapped,80 of whom were members of western agencies
In general 7% of the population were killed ,10% were injured, 25% were forced to relocate and 33% left the country.

MIGRATION
950,000 left the country-two-third of whom were Christians.
800,000 persons were displaced.
450,000 persons or 100,000 families have not returned to their villages.
Two-third of the displaced were Christians,32% were from Mount Lebanon,24% from the South and 8% from Beirut.

MATERIAL LOSSES
145,000 homes were completely destroyed
175 villages and towns were damaged,83 of which were completely destroyed and 92 partially destroyed.
440 churches and monasteries were either partially or completely destroyed or 1/3 of the total places of worship in Lebanon
17 out of 33 dioceses were either damaged or destroyed.
29%of the catholic schools were also destroyed
47 out of 376 Moslem places of worship were destroyed or damaged

what was only on the media for the last few months  SABRA  AND  CHATILA
LEBANESE ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO COMMEMORATE THEIR DEATHS  IN LEBANON
Comments to the above figures will affect their eloquence.
(source:Catholic Center for information, Lebanon)