The Forgotten Massacres

Abstract

Timeline: Sabra and Chatila 14 September 1982 Lebanon's Christian President-elect, Bashir Gemayel, is assassinated by a pro-Syrian militant but his loyalists blame the Palestinians. 16 September 1982 Lebanese Christian militiamen enter camps at Sabra and Chatila to carry out revenge attacks on Palestinian refugees, with occupying Israeli forces guarding the camps and firing flares to aid the attacks at night. 18 September 1982 After three days of rape, fighting and brutal executions, militias finally leave the camps with 1,700 dead.