<sod>The '''Sabra and Shatila massacre''' was the killing of between 762 and 3,500 civilians, mostly [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]] and [[Shia Islam in Lebanon|Lebanese Shiites]], by a militia close to the [[Kataeb Party]], also called Phalange, a predominantly [[Christianity in Lebanon|Christian Lebanese]] right-wing party in the Sabra neighborhood and the adjacent [[Shatila refugee camp]] in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]. From approximately 6:00&nbsp;pm 16 September to 8:00&nbsp;am 18 September 1982, a widespread massacre was carried out by the militia virtually under the eyes of their Israeli allies.<ref>[[Robert Fisk]], [https://books.google.it/books?id=VrXpeELOUNsC&pg=PA374 ''Pity the Nation:Lebanon at War,''] Oxford University Press 2001 pp.382–3.</ref><ref>[[William B. Quandt]], [https://books.google.it/books?id=-rmCPnSghbcC&pg=PA256 ''Peace Process: American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967,''] University of California Press p.266</ref><ref>[[Yossi Alpher]], [https://books.google.it/books?id=eCxyBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA48 ''Periphery: Israel’s Search for Middle East Allies,''] Rowman & Littlefield, 2015 p.48</ref><ref>[[Nathan Gonzalez]], [https://books.google.it/books?id=HypnAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA113  ''The Sunni-Shia Conflict: Understanding Sectarian Violence in the Middle East,''] Nortia Media Ltd,  2013 p.113.</ref> The Phalanges, allies to the [[Israeli Defence Forces]] (IDF), were ordered by the IDF to clear out Sabra and Shatila from [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO) fighters, as part of the IDF maneuvering into West Beirut. The IDF received reports of some of the Phalanges atrocities in Sabra and Shatila but failed to stop them.<ref name=malone>{{cite journal|last=Malone|first=Linda A.|title=The Kahan Report, Ariel Sharon and the SabraShatilla Massacres in Lebanon: Responsibility Under International Law for Massacres of Civilian Populations|journal=Utah Law Review|year=1985|pages=373–433|url=http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1606&context=facpubs&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com.tr%2Fscholar%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dmassacres%2Bin%2Blebanon%26btnG%3D%26as_sdt%3D1%252C5%26as_sdtp%3D#search=%22massacres%20lebanon%22|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref><eod>
<sod>The '''Sabra and Shatila massacre''' was the killing of between 762 and 3,500 civilians including many women and children, mostly [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]] and [[Shia Islam in Lebanon|Lebanese Shiites]], by a militia close to the [[Kataeb Party]], also called Phalange, a predominantly [[Christianity in Lebanon|Christian Lebanese]] right-wing party in the Sabra neighborhood and the adjacent [[Shatila refugee camp]] in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]. From approximately 6:00&nbsp;pm 16 September to 8:00&nbsp;am 18 September 1982, a widespread massacre was carried out by the militia virtually under the eyes of their Israeli allies.<ref>[[Robert Fisk]], [https://books.google.it/books?id=VrXpeELOUNsC&pg=PA374 ''Pity the Nation:Lebanon at War,''] Oxford University Press 2001 pp.382–3.</ref><ref>[[William B. Quandt]], [https://books.google.it/books?id=-rmCPnSghbcC&pg=PA256 ''Peace Process: American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967,''] University of California Press p.266</ref><ref>[[Yossi Alpher]], [https://books.google.it/books?id=eCxyBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA48 ''Periphery: Israel’s Search for Middle East Allies,''] Rowman & Littlefield, 2015 p.48</ref><ref>[[Nathan Gonzalez]], [https://books.google.it/books?id=HypnAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA113  ''The Sunni-Shia Conflict: Understanding Sectarian Violence in the Middle East,''] Nortia Media Ltd,  2013 p.113.</ref> The Phalanges, allies to the [[Israeli Defence Forces]] (IDF), were ordered by the IDF to clear out Sabra and Shatila from [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO) fighters, as part of the IDF maneuvering into West Beirut. The IDF received reports of some of the Phalanges atrocities in Sabra and Shatila but failed to stop them.<ref name=malone>{{cite journal|last=Malone|first=Linda A.|title=The Kahan Report, Ariel Sharon and the SabraShatilla Massacres in Lebanon: Responsibility Under International Law for Massacres of Civilian Populations|journal=Utah Law Review|year=1985|pages=373–433|url=http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1606&context=facpubs&sei-redir=1&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com.tr%2Fscholar%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dmassacres%2Bin%2Blebanon%26btnG%3D%26as_sdt%3D1%252C5%26as_sdtp%3D#search=%22massacres%20lebanon%22|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref><eod>