A Fatah militant member dances with his rifle in Beirut, Lebanon, vowing to free Palestine and return to his homeland.
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Lebanon: Cry Palestine is a new photo story now appearing on Gaia Photos. As photojournalist Zann Huang explains,
"Shatila camp, located in Beirut’s “belt of misery” is home to about 15,000 Palestinians and Lebanese who share a common experience of displacement, unemployment and poverty. In September 1982, the Israeli military’s Phalangist allies conducted an extensive series of raids on the Sabra neighborhood and the Shatila refugee camp.
The camps were externally surrounded by Israeli soldiers throughout the incident and the extent of Israeli involvement in the attack has been hotly disputed. The attacks resulted in some 700 to 3500 victims, primarily civilians. The Sabra & Shatila massacre still strikes hard at the minds and hearts of Arab people, an atrocious event that must not be forgotten for the Palestinian people in their long struggle to free Palestine."
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Zann Haung contributes to the United Nations on humanitarian and environmental issues and is based in the Middle East.
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