the sabra and shatila massacre Killing ( also known as the sabra and chatila massacre ) was the killing Killing of between 460 and 3,500 civilians , mostly palestinians and lebanese shiites , by a militia close to the kataeb party , also called phalange , a predominantly christian lebanese right-wing party in the sabra neighborhood and the adjacent shatila refugee camp in beirut , lebanon .

the massacre Killing was presented Presence as retaliation for the assassination of newly elected Choosing lebanese president bachir gemayel , the leader of the lebanese kataeb party .