Lebanon hostage crisis 1991, Hezbollah had released the last hostage in return for Israel's release of imprisoned Shi'ites. Lebanon hostage crisis The Lebanon hostage crisis was the kidnapping in Lebanon of 104 foreign hostages between 1982 and 1992, when the Lebanese Civil War was at its height. The hostages were mostly Americans and Western Europeans, but 21 national origins were represented. At least eight hostages died in captivity; some were murdered, while others died from lack of adequate medical attention to illnesses. Those taking responsibility for the kidnapping used different names, but the testimony of former hostages indicates that almost all the kidnappings
The Lebanon Gazette 1882, the Gazette Printing Company, a company controlled by George M. Johnston, assumed ownership. The paper was discontinued February 16, 1893, and with "The Western Star"'s issue of Thursday, February 23, 1893, that journal was called "The Western Star and Lebanon Gazette". This article was compiled from the catalog records of the newspaper in the OCLC database with information from the "History of Warren County, Ohio" (Chicago, Illinois: W.H. Beers, 1883). The Lebanon Gazette The Lebanon Gazette, now defunct, was the name of two weekly newspapers published in Lebanon, Ohio, both of which were absorbed by "The Western Star". The