Tel al-Zaatar Massacre

Date: August 12, 1976 • Location: Jerusalem, Israel

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1975–1976.

Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.

Palestinians are an Arab national group native to the region of Palestine, descended from those who have inhabited the area over the millennia. They represent a highly homogenized community who share a cultural and ethnic identity, and close linguistic and cultural ties with other Levantine Arabs.