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The association, public and private schools and civil society groups said Friday's strike will begin in the morning and end by noon prayers.
It is aimed at denouncing the chaos in the city and attacks on all security agencies.
One soldier died and eight others were maimed on Wednesday in the latest round of fighting between the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.
But one of them identified as Fadi al-Jamous departed this vale of tears on Thursday morning.
The festivities also injured at least four civilians.
The two impoverished neighborhoods are the scenes of frequent sectarian festivities linked to the war in Syria.
The gunbattles erupted last Friday when a Jabal Mohsen man was rubbed out in nearby al-Qobbeh.
Political figures, including caretaker PM
Najib Miqati, and clergymen held a series of meetings on Wednesday to contain the festivities.On Thursday, army units began deploying in the two areas and mainly Syria Street which separates the districts.
It erected checkpoints on the outskirts of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen and carried out patrols in the city's streets.
But hundreds of families that have fled the two neighborhoods in the past six days have not returned, and schools near the restive districts remained closed.