Contemporary era · 1976
Tel al-Zaatar massacre
The Tel al-Zaatar massacre was the killing of approximately 1,500 Palestinians and Lebanese Muslims in the Tel al-Zaatar refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon on 12 August 1976. The massacre occurred during the Lebanese Civil War, after the Tel al-Zaatar refugee camp had been under siege since January 1976 by Lebanese Christian militias of the Lebanese Front led by the Kataeb Phalangists.
- When
- 12 Aug 1976
- Where
- Tel al-Zaatar
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
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