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Before the Massacre

Plot: A BBC documentary about medical volunteers and their patients at the Gaza Hospital in West Beirut in the aftermath of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the siege and bombardment of West Beirut, home to the PLO and the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Chatila. The filming took place in the days immediately before the infamous Sabra-Chatila massacre, carried out by Lebanese Phalangist troops inside an area under Israeli military control
Release Date: Wednesday, October 20 1982
42 years ago
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Portrait of Christopher SykesChristopher Sykes
Christopher Sykes was
37 in Before the Massacre
as 'Director'
Tue, Jul 10 1945