Sabra and Shatila massacre
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title:
Sabra and Shatila massacre
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The Sabra and Shatila massacre was the 16–18 September 1982 killing of between 1,300 and 3,500 civilians—mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shias—in the city of Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. It was perpetrated by the Lebanese Forces, one of the main Christian militias in Lebanon, and supported by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) that had surrounded Beirut's Sabra neighbourhood and the adjacent Shatila refugee camp. In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon with the intention of rooting out the P
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1982 mass murder of civilians in Beirut, Lebanon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_and_Shatila_massacre
date created:
2002-01-24T12:32:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T08:57:42Z
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