Sabra and Shatila massacre

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mass killing massacre war crime

The Sabra and Shatila massacre was a 1982 mass killing of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians in Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Lebanese Christian militias, carried out under the watch of Israeli forces during the Lebanese Civil War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sabra and Shatila massacre canonical	5
Commission of Inquiry into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut	1
Siege of Sabra refugee camp	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mass killing ⓘ massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ
aftermath	Israeli public protests ⓘ Kahan Commission in Israel ⓘ surface form: Kahan Commission of Inquiry international condemnation ⓘ
cityDistrict	West Beirut ⓘ
commanderContext	Ariel Sharon ⓘ Rafael Eitan ⓘ
commemoratedOn	annual memorial events in Lebanon and Palestine ⓘ
conflict	Lebanese Civil War ⓘ
country	Lebanon ⓘ
endDate	1982-09-18 ⓘ
ethnicContext	Lebanese Shiite residents ⓘ Palestinian refugees ⓘ
humanRightsAssessment	grave breach of international humanitarian law ⓘ
investigatedBy	Kahan Commission in Israel ⓘ surface form: Kahan Commission
legalCharacterization	indirect responsibility of Israel (Kahan Commission finding) ⓘ
location	Beirut ⓘ Sabra refugee camp ⓘ Sabra refugee camp ⓘ surface form: Shatila refugee camp
mediaCoverage	extensive international media attention ⓘ
method	shootings ⓘ stabbings ⓘ summary executions ⓘ
militaryContext	1982 Lebanon War ⓘ
numberOfVictims	hundreds ⓘ
numberOfVictimsEstimate	between 700 and 3500 ⓘ
perpetrator	Lebanese Forces ⓘ surface form: Lebanese Christian militias Lebanese Forces ⓘ surface form: Lebanese Forces militia Phalange Party militia ⓘ surface form: Phalangist militia
relatedTo	1982 Lebanon War ⓘ surface form: Israeli–Lebanese conflict Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ surface form: Israeli–Palestinian conflict Palestinian refugee issue ⓘ
responsibilityDebate	subject of ongoing historical and legal controversy ⓘ
resultedIn	resignation of Ariel Sharon as Israel’s Defense Minister ⓘ
startDate	1982-09-16 ⓘ
target	refugee camps ⓘ
timeOfDay	night ⓘ
triggerEvent	assassination of Bachir Gemayel ⓘ
underControlOf	Israel Defense Forces ⓘ surface form: Israeli Defense Forces
underWatchOf	Israel Defense Forces ⓘ surface form: Israeli forces
victim	Lebanese civilians ⓘ Palestinian civilians ⓘ children ⓘ elderly people ⓘ women ⓘ
year	1982 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1982 Lebanon War → notableEvent → Sabra and Shatila massacre ⓘ

Phalange Party militia → involvedInEvent → Sabra and Shatila massacre ⓘ

War of the Camps → hasPart → Sabra and Shatila massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Sabra refugee camp

Operation Peace for Galilee → relatedEvent → Sabra and Shatila massacre ⓘ

Siege of Beirut → relatedEvent → Sabra and Shatila massacre ⓘ

Kahan Commission in Israel → officialName → Sabra and Shatila massacre ⓘ

subject surface form: Kahan Commission

this entity surface form: Commission of Inquiry into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

Kahan Commission in Israel → subjectOfInquiry → Sabra and Shatila massacre ⓘ

subject surface form: Kahan Commission