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Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
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1982 Lebanon War
1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon. The invasion followed a series of attacks and counter-attacks between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) operating in southern Lebanon…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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)