Beirut massacre -aftermath report
- Title
- Beirut massacre -aftermath report
- Genre
- News report
- TX Date
- 20 Sep 1982
- Year of production
- 1982
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- Duration
- 00:01:40
- Description
- Eyewitness report on the aftermath following a series of massacres by Lebanese militia in the Shatila and Sabra Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut (09/82) in revenge for the assassination of President-elect Bachir Gemayel. Up to 1000 civilians died in 14 hours of shooting after Israel allowed her Christian Phalangist allies to enter the area to flush out terrorists. Female reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- None Identified
- Keywords
- Deaths; Israel; Middle East; Refugees; Lebanon; Beirut; War victims; Arab states; Religious conflicts; Christians; Civilian war deaths; Muslims; Palestinian Arabs; Militia
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