Joud el Bayeh (or Jud Bayeh or Judd Bayeh, Arabic: جود البايع or جود البائع) was a Lebanese Kataeb party leader, responsible for the area of Zgharta,[1] in the North of Lebanon,[2][3] who was assassinated on June 7, 1978,[4] which is believed to have triggered the Ehden Massacre. Joud was the bank director of the Banque de la Méditerrannée (later became BankMed) in Chekka, president of the municipal council of Kfardlakos (a village in Zgharta) and vice-president of the Zgharta region of the Kataeb.[5] An organization in his name has been created called Joud el Bayeh Foundation "مؤسسة جود البايع الخيرية".[6][7][8]