Shatila refugee camp

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[2] Shatila was set up by the International Committee of the Red Cross to accommodate hundreds of refugees who came there after 1948.

[1] The Sabra and Shatila massacre was the slaughter of between 1,300 and 3,500 civilians, mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shiites, by the Lebanese Forces, in the Sabra neighborhood of southern Beirut and the nearby Shatila refugee camp from approximately 6:00 pm on 16 September to 8:00 am on 18 September 1982.

[2] The camp comprises approximately one square kilometer and thus has an exceptionally high population density.

Non-governmental organizations active in the camp include Al-Najda, Beit Atfal Al-Soumoud, Norwegian Peoples' Aid, Doctors Without Borders, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and the Association Najdeh.