727:, along with 7 elite ″commandos″, led by Suleiman Hoayek. The next day, 9 more Adonis units arrived, and the day after that, in the morning at 5:30 AM, Syrian special forces started to move towards the school in the middle of the town which the center of the resistance. Clashes then ensued, and about 7, an RPG fired at a tank disabled it. The Syrians then heavily bombed the school, destroying the upper floors and wounding two Lebanese fighters. This fighting lasted
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Syrians retreated leaving behind dozens of dead and military equipment. A half hour later, they tried to infiltrate again, but they were discovered and forced back. Two
Lebanese were wounded that day but morale was high. During the night of the 15th, 6 Syrian troop carriers arrived, carrying reinforcements for the Syrians. Near midnight that night, Bob Haddad led a group of Lebanese fighters through the mountains to the town as well.
760:, would attack from the town. The attack was effective, with hundreds of Syrians dead and little damage sustained to the Lebanese. On Sunday, February 17, the two parties agreed to a ceasefire, and Lebanese fighters withdrew to Bani Saab and Assaf. That evening, as fighters were attempting to withdraw, one of their fighters, Michel Haddad was killed. Syria then threatened to use aerial attacks, putting helicopters on standby at
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Syrians. Because of this, most of the town's people entered and exited the town through
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Maronite community's new elite. When describing this battle,
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Syrians retreated and returned to their original positions outside the town, having suffered dozens of casualties while only wounding two members of the Lebanese resistance.
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