Sabra Camp
The Shatila refugee camp (), also known as the Chatila refugee camp, is a settlement originally set up for Palestinian refugees in 1949. It is located in southern Beirut, Lebanon and houses more than 9,842 registered Palestine refugees. Since the eruption of the Syrian Civil War, the refugee camp has received a large number of Syrian refugees. In 2014, the camp's population was estimated to be between 10,000 and 22,000. History Establishment Shatila was set up by the International Committee of the Red Cross to accommodate hundreds of refugees who came there after 1948. They were from villages around the area of Amka, Majd al-Krum and Yajur, Haifa, Yajur in northern Palestine. During Lebanese Civil War The Sabra and Shatila massacre was the slaughter of between 1,300 and 3,500 civilians, mostly Palestinian people, Palestinians and Shia Islam in Lebanon, Lebanese Shiites, by the Lebanese Forces (militia), Lebanese Forces, in the Sabra neighborhood of southern Beirut and the nea ...
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