Sabra, Shatila: A Heinous Massacre

• CrossFireArabia
• September 16, 2024

Dozens of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon participated in commemorating the 42nd anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre at the shrine of the victims of the massacre in the Palestine Martyrs Cemetery near Shatila camp, south Beirut.

The event was held at the invitation of the “Popular Conference of Palestinians Abroad” (an independent international body) and Palestinian institutions in Lebanon to commemorate the anniversary of the bloody massacre that was committed on the 16-17-18, 1982 September, under the supervision of the Israeli occupation army.

In his speech, Yasser Ali, a member of the General Secretariat of the PCPA, stressed the “necessity of holding the Israeli occupation entity and all countries that provide support to the killing machine accountable for committing massacres against the Palestinian people and bringing them to justice.”

“We must all, as Palestinian refugees, mobilize all energies to support and back the Palestinian people inside the Gaza Strip and the West Bank with all available means and capabilities,” he said.

In turn, Sami Hamoud, director of the “Thabit for the Right of Return” organization (civil society) and a member of the PCPA, called for “the necessity of holding the occupation accountable in international forums to achieve justice for the victims of the Palestinian people who are still being subjected to the crimes of the occupation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.”

He called for “mobilizing international energies and supporting the case filed by the State of South Africa at the International Court of Justice to achieve some justice for the Palestinian people who have been suffering the scourge of wars for more than 76 years.”

Hamoud said that “the massacres committed by the Israeli occupation entity on a daily basis will not deter the Palestinian people from continuing their just and legitimate resistance to seize their rights guaranteed by international laws and charters to liberation and self-determination,” according to Quds Press.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army has continued its aggression on the Gaza Strip for 345 days, with American and European support, as its warplanes bomb the vicinity of hospitals, buildings, towers and homes of Palestinian civilians and destroy them over the heads of their residents, and prevent the entry of water, food, medicine and fuel.

The ongoing aggression by the occupation on Gaza has led to the martyrdom of more than 41,206 martyrs, the injury of 95,337 others, and the displacement of 90% of the population of the Strip, according to data from the United Nations.