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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Mat Nashed, Justin Salhani

Israel’s war in Gaza revives Sabra and Shatila massacre memories in Lebanon

Palestinian activists hold a banner to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre at the mass grave of its victims, in Beirut, Lebanon, September 16, 2022 [Bilal Hussein/AP Photo]

Beirut, Lebanon – Zaineb Saab locked the door to her house and did not dare make a sound when the killing started in Sabra and Shatila, two neighbourhoods home to a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon’s capital Beirut.

On September 16, 1982, members of a far-right-wing Christian militia, Phalange Party, coordinated with Israeli forces to kill between 2,000 and 3,500 Muslim Lebanese and Palestinian civilians.

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