<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngaphansi kwemiyalo kaColonel Kanaan, i-Fifth Brigade yayibekwe eSin el Fil empumalanga yeBeirut esifundeni saseMatn njengamandla okugcina, futhi umsebenzi oyinhloko weBrigade ngesikhathi seMpi Yentaba  <response>: kwakuwukunikeza ukwesekwa kwamanye amaBrigade aseLebanese Army athunyelwe endaweni yaseGreater Beirut. NgoFebhuwari 6, 1984, i-LAF Command yendawo enkulu yaseBeirut yanquma ukuthumela i-52nd Infantry Battalion kuma-M113 APCs asekelwa yi-Tank squadron enikezwe ama-M48A5 MBT emsebenzini ojwayelekile wokuqapha, umzila wawo ohleliwe kwakuzodlula edolobheni laseDora, ukuwela iMnyuziyamu eCorniche el Mazraa, Isibhedlela saseBarbir esifundeni sase-Ouzai, ibhuloho laseKola, kanye nomakhelwane waseRaouché. Bexwayiswe ngokuba khona kwebutho elikhulu kangaka lezempi elingena entshonalanga yeBeirut - ababelibheka ngokungangabazeki njengelenziwe kabusha ngokungajwayelekile ngomsebenzi olula wansuku zonke - amabutho ama-Amal militia ahumusha kabi lesi sinyathelo njengemizamo efihliwe yamabutho kaHulumeni yokuthatha amandla amadolobha aseningizimu-ntshonalanga enhlokodolobha yaseLebanon alawulwa amaShia. I-Amal Command eyethukile ngokushesha yakhipha umyalo wokuqoqwa kwabantu bonke emibuthanweni yebutho layo, futhi ngokushesha nje lapho umbutho wezempi waseLebanon ufika ebhulohweni iFouad Chehab eduze kwesibhedlela iBarbir, bawela emgodini. Amathangi amaningana e-M48 ayehola ikholomu athola amashumi emibhobho ye-RPG-7 elwa namathangi, okwaletha ukuqhubekela phambili kwalo lonke i-patrol. 