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A Lebanese militia under the direct command of Elie Hobeika carried out a massacre in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila, killing at least 460 civilians.
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Lebanese politician and militia commander
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Palestinians
Ethnonational group of the Levant
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Sabra and Shatila massacre
1982 mass murder of civilians in Beirut, Lebanon
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)