Cika wannan jumla:
Yaƙin tsaunuka, yawancin 'yan bindigar Maronite na Lebanon sun mamaye gundumar Chouf kuma sun yi ƙoƙarin ɗora ikonta da ƙarfi, ana zargin sun kashe wasu fararen hula Druze 145 a Kfar Matta a watan Satumbar 1983 (duk da cewa wasu kafofin sun yi zargin cewa adadin mutanen da suka mutu ya kai mutane 200). Daga baya kwamandan Sojojin Lebanon ya zargi Druze PLA da aikata "kisan gilla da ba a taba yin irinsa ba" a Chouf, bayan da sojojin mayakan Walid Jumblatt suka mamaye tsakanin 31 ga Agusta da 13 ga Satumba 1983 ƙauyuka Maronite sittin da biyu (ciki har da Bmarian, Bireh, Ras el-Matn, Maaser Beit ed-Dine, Chartoun, Ain el-Hour, Bourjayne, Fawara, da Maaser el-Chouf), suka kashe mutane 1,500 kuma suka kori wasu 50,000 daga gidajensu a yankunan tsaunuka a gabas da yammacin Beirut.