Khaldah (Arabic: خلدة) is a coastal town located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of Beirut, Lebanon.
The southern portion of Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport is located in Khaldah, in addition to a Lebanese Air Force base.
The town itself lacks any form of urban planning, and in the past few years, most of the green areas have been replaced by commercial and apartment buildings.
According to journalist Robert Fisk, the Shia militiamen were running on foot into Israeli gunfire to launch grenades the armor, moving to within 20 feet of the tanks to open fire at them.
Reportedly, some of the Shia fighters had torn off pieces of their shirts and wrapped them around their heads as bands of martyrdom as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps troops had done in the Iran–Iraq War.