June 22, 1976 · East Beirut Theater
June 22, 1976
From June to August 1976, the Lebanese Forces and allied Maronite militias besieged Tel al-Zaatar, a Palestinian refugee camp in East Beirut holding some 30,000 residents. The camp was systematically shelled and its supply lines cut for over fifty days. When the camp fell on August 12, 1976, Phalangist fighters massacred hundreds of Palestinian civilians and fighters attempting to flee along designated evacuation corridors.
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