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Corpses were charred and violated. Eyes were gouged out. Faces were unrecognizable.
Israel maliciously planned it. Sharon led it. He called it "ridding the world of the center of international terrorism." Orwell couldn't have said it better. No one to this day was punished.
A Kahan Commission of Inquiry was established to investigate the incident. Sharon's personal aide recorded his instructions on entering the camps. Commission members heard it .
Sharon emphasized that: "Only one element, and this is the IDF, shall command the forces in the area. For the operation in the camps, the Phalangists should be sent in" to do Israel's dirty work.
On September 16, killings began. Philangists were told to use "their own methods." On September 10, Sharon claimed "2,000 armed terrorists had remained in the camps."
He lied. Weapons were never found. Armed resistance was absent. Civilians were defenseless. Slaughter was like shooting fish in a barrel.
Even after evidence disputed Sharon's official account, he claimed thousands of terrorists had "very large quantities of arms." On September 24, he said so on Israeli TV.
While slaughter was ongoing, he and other Israeli commanders directed Philangist killings. Kahan Commission members were told they entered the camps on September 16 at sunset. Yamim Noraim began 24 hours later.
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