Tel al-Zaatar massacre
1976 Christian militia attack on Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tel al-Zaatar massacre was an attack on Tel al-Zaatar (meaning Hill of Thyme in Arabic), a UNRWA-administered refugee camp housing Palestinian refugees in northeastern Beirut, that ended on August 12, 1976 with the massacre of 1,500[2][3][4] to 3,000 people.[5] The siege began in January of 1976 with an attack by Christian Lebanese militias led by the Lebanese Front as part of a wider campaign to expel Palestinians, especially those affiliated with the opposing Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from northern Beirut.[6] After five months, the siege turned into a full-scale military assault in June and ended with the massacre in August 1976. [7]
Tel al-Zaatar massacre | |
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Part of the Lebanese Civil War | |
Location | Tel al-Zaatar camp, Dekwaneh, Beirut |
Date | 4 January – 12 August 1976 |
Target | Palestinian refugees |
Attack type | Massacre |
Deaths | 3,000 Palestinians killed[1] |
Perpetrators | Lebanese Front |
Motive | Anti-Palestinian sentiment |