Sabra and Shatila offensive (may 19, 1985 – jun 4, 1985)
Description:
On May 19, 1985, Amal—supported by the Lebanese Army Sixth Brigade—laid siege to the Palestinian
camps of Sabra, Chatila, and Burj al-Barajneh. By early June, Sabra had been destroyed, and in Chatila,
the PLO fighters were trapped in a tiny area. Amal blockaded Burj al-Barajneh.489 The PFLP and PLO,
positioned in the Shuf, were shelling Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Amal was mainly based
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Lebanese Civil War
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