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Chekka Masscare (arabic: مذبحة شكا) was a massacre carried out in July 1976 by a palestinian terrorists from the PLO against a christians citizens of the village of Chekka, north Lebanon. This massacre was a part of the lebanese civil war.

The village of Chekka is a small maronite village in Lebanon, southern to the city of Tripoli. At the time of the civil war, chekka was a christian enclave surrounded by muslims and palestinian that their base was in the city of Tripoli. The palestinians were attacing the village a lot, but the warriores of the Lebanese Forces were defending the village.