Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1956)

Elie Hobeika

Lebanese politician and militia commander

Elie Hobeika was a Lebanese militia commander in the Lebanese Forces militia during the Lebanese Civil War and one of Bachir Gemayel's close confidants. He became infamous for his overseeing of the 1982 Sabra and Shatilla massacre. Hobeika initially supported the IDF during…