43 years since the Sabra and Shatila massacre

Four thousand martyrs were the toll of the victims of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, committed by Israel-aligned militias between September 16-18, 1982, amid a shameful Arab and international silence.

The conspiracy against the lone and defenseless Palestinian in Lebanon began after the withdrawal of the Palestine Liberation Organization forces and the fighters in late August 1982 to Jordan, Iraq, Tunisia, Yemen, Syria, Algeria, Cyprus, and Greece, following the withdrawal of the multinational forces just days earlier: the American forces on September 10, 1982, the Italian forces on September 11, and the French forces on September 13, who withdrew ten days ahead of their official schedule.

Despite the existence of American guarantees and the Philip Habib agreement, which stated that the Israeli occupation army would not enter West Beirut, and a guarantee to protect Palestinian civilians and the families of the fighters who left Beirut.

According to Rafael Eitan's claim, it was "cleansing the camps of terrorists," under the pretext of the presence of two thousand Palestinian fighters, while not a single armed Palestinian body was found.

The beginnings of the massacre: Wednesday, September 15, the occupation forces besieged the Sabra neighborhood and Shatila camp, monitoring every movement in the area from a building they occupied.

On the morning of Thursday, September 16, the forces stationed in a building at the entrance to Shatila monitored every moment and movement in the camp and gave orders to the killers, while their planes and army dropped flares.

On the morning of Friday, September 17, the outlines of the massacre became clear to most residents of the area, after they witnessed the bodies and bulldozers demolishing homes over their owners' heads.

On Friday, stories of death pits began, and the number of attackers increased, although testimonies and facts confirm that the majority of martyrs fell on the first night of the massacre.

They also stormed Akka Hospital, killing Palestinian nurses and doctors, and abducted patients and injured individuals fleeing the massacre from within the hospital.

On the third day, Saturday, September 18, the killing, slaughtering, and abduction continued, despite Israeli sources stating that instructions had been issued to the attackers to withdraw by ten in the morning.

However, dozens of testimonies from residents confirmed that the massacre continued until around one in the afternoon, characterized by public mass killings.

The occupation did not suffice with covering up the extermination of people and preparing all conditions to crush the Palestinian who had defeated him in the Beirut siege, to take revenge on Sunday, September 19, 1982, by stealing documents from the Palestinian Research Center.