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What is the Sabra and Shatila massacre?

Name: What is the Sabra and Shatila massacre?
Uploaded: 2020-09-18T20:19:20+0100
Description: 38 years ago, Lebanese Phalangist militia stormed the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut, killing an estimated 800-3500 Palestinians and Lebanese civilians, as Israel’s army watched on. The massacre has been laballed an ‘act of genocide’ by the UN commission

Sofia Aboudari

Published date: 18 September 2020 20:25 BST | Last update: 4 years 9 months ago

38 years ago, Lebanese Phalangist militia stormed the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut, killing an estimated 800-3500 Palestinians and Lebanese civilians, as Israel’s army watched on.

The massacre has been laballed an ‘act of genocide’ by the UN commission

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