Sabra and Shatila massacre טבח סברה ושתילה

From 16 to 18 September 1982, during the Lebanon War (1982), Lebanese Christian Phalangist militiamen killed hundreds of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians in the Sabra and Shatila area of Beirut, which the IDF had surrounded. The killings followed the assassination of the Phalangist leader and president-elect Bashir Gemayel. Israel's Kahan Commission found Israeli leaders indirectly responsible for failing to prevent the massacre, and Ariel Sharon left the Defense Ministry.