The Safra massacre , or the Day of the Long Knives , occurred Coming_to_be in the coastal town of Safra ( north of Beirut ) on 7 July 1980 , during the Lebanese civil war , as part of Bashir Gemayel 's effort to consolidate all the Christian fighters under his leadership in the Lebanese Forces .

The Safra massacre , or the Day of the Long Knives , occurred Coming_to_be in the coastal town of Safra ( north of Beirut ) on 7 July 1980 , during the Lebanese civil war , as part of Bashir Gemayel 's effort to consolidate all the Christian fighters under his leadership in the Lebanese Forces .