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 Wk 38 (17 September 1982)

Palestinian Refugees Killed In LebanonThis Week in HistoryHundreds, possibly thousands, of Palestinian refugees are killed in refugee camps in Lebanon.

In 1982, Palestinian refugees living in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in West Beirut, Lebanon, were attacked by members of a right-wing Lebanese militia¹. Estimates of the number of people killed, including men, women and children, range from 800 to 3,500. Lebanon was under the control of Israeli forces at the time, and Israeli soldiers were accused of allowing the massacre² to take place. In 1983, an Israeli inquiry³ found that Israel was indirectly⁴ responsible and Defence Minister Ariel Sharon resigned after being widely condemned⁵ for failing to stop the killings⁶. Sharon went on to become the Israeli Prime Minister in 2001.