The Law of War

1975–1990: Lebanese Civil War
Armed conflict
Lebanese Civil War
Incident Type of Crime Persons
Responsible
Black War crime Kataeb Party
Saturday (200 to 600
killed)
Karantina
massacre
Tel al-
Zaatar
massacre
Damour
massacre
Sabra and
Shatila
massacre
1983
Beirut
barracks
bombing
October
13
massacre
War crime
(Estimated
1,000 to 1,500
killed)
War Crime
(Estimated
1,000 to 3,000
killed)
War crime
(Estimated 684
civilians killed)
War crime
(762 to 3,500
(number
disputed))
War crimes,
crimes against
peace (Attacks
against parties
not involved in
a war),
War crime
(500–700 killed
during the
Kataeb
Party, Guardians
of
the
Cedars, Tigers
Militia
Lebanese
Front, Tigers
Militia, Syrian
Army, Lebanese
Armed Forces
PLO, Lebanese
National
Movement
Kataeb Party
Islamic Jihad
Organization
Syrian
Army, Hafez
Assad
al-
Perpetrator
Various
Notes
On December 6, 1975, Black Saturday was a series
of massacres and armed clashes in Beirut, that
occurred in the first stages of the Lebanese Civil
War.
Took place early in the Lebanese Civil War on
January 18, 1976. Karantina was overrun by the
Lebanese Christian militias, resulting in the deaths
of approximately 1,000–1,500 people.
The Tel al-Zaatar Battle took place during the
Lebanese Civil War from June 22 – August 12,
1976. Tel al-Zaatar was a UNRWA administered
Palestinian Refugee camp housing approximately
50,000–60,000 refugees in northeast Beirut. Tel al-
Zaatar massacre refers to crimes committed around
this battle.
Took place on January 20, 1976. Damour, a
Christian town on the main highway south of Beirut.
It was attacked by the Palestine Liberation
Organisation units. Part of its population died in
battle or in the massacre that followed, and the
remainder were forced to flee.
Took place in Sabra and the Shatila refugee
camp Palestinian
refugee camps
in Beirut, Lebanon between September 16 and
September 18,
1982. Palestinian and Lebanese civilians
were massacred in the camps by Christian
Lebanese Phalangistswhile the camp was
surrounded by the Israel Defense Forces. Israeli
forces controlled the entrances to the refugee
camps of Palestinians and controlled the entrance
to the city. The massacre was immediately
preceded by the assassination of Bachir Gemayel,
the leader of the Lebanese Kataeb Party. Following
the assassination, an armed group entered the
camp and murdered inhabitants during the night. It
is now generally agreed that the killers were
"the Young Men", a gang recruited by Elie Hobeika.
On October 23, 1983, 241 American servicemen
and 58 French paratroopers were killed in
their barracks at the Beirut International
Airport when Islamic militants drove their trucks
filled with bombs and struck separate buildings
housing United States and French members of
the Multinational Force in Lebanon.
Took place on October 13, 1990, during the final
moments of the Lebanese Civil War, when
hundreds of Lebanese soldiers were executed after
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