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==Events==
==Events==
First, some twenty Phalangist militiamen were executed, and civilians were lined up against a wall and sprayed with machine-gun fire.<ref>Fisk, 2001, pp. 99–100.</ref> Estimates of the number killed range from 100 to 500.<ref>David Hirst, (2010) ''Beware of Small States. Lebanon, battleground of the Middle East.'' Faber and Faber. {{ISBN|978-0-571-23741-8}} p.111: ‘some 150’ killed</ref> Among the killed were family members of '''Elie Hobeika''' and his fiancée.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elie Hobeika |url=http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/hobeika.html |work=moreorless : heroes & killers of the 20th century |publisher=www.moreorless.au.com |access-date=9 June 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805143542/http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/hobeika.html |archive-date=August 5, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref>
First, some twenty Phalangist militiamen were executed, and civilians were lined up against a wall and sprayed with machine-gun fire.<ref>Fisk, 2001, pp. 99–100.</ref> Among the killed were family members of '''Elie Hobeika''' and his fiancée.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elie Hobeika |url=http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/hobeika.html |work=moreorless : heroes & killers of the 20th century |publisher=www.moreorless.au.com |access-date=9 June 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805143542/http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/hobeika.html |archive-date=August 5, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref>
[[NYT]]'s Thomas L. Friedman explains the Phalangist ''Damouri Brigade'', which carried out the ''Sabra and Shatila'' killing during the 1982 Lebanon War, sought revenge not only for the assassination of Bachir Gemayel but also for what he describes as past killings of their own people by Palestinians, including those at Damour.<ref>Friedman, 1998, p. 161.</ref><ref>Friedman, ''New York Times'', Sep 20, 21, 26, 27, 1982.</ref>
[[NYT]]'s Thomas L. Friedman explains the Phalangist ''Damouri Brigade'', which carried out the ''Sabra and Shatila'' killing during the 1982 Lebanon War, sought revenge not only for the assassination of Bachir Gemayel but also for what he describes as past killings of their own people by Palestinians, including those at Damour.<ref>Friedman, 1998, p. 161.</ref><ref>Friedman, ''New York Times'', Sep 20, 21, 26, 27, 1982.</ref>