The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_refugees" id="mwAZs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Palestinian refugees">Palestinian refugees</a> following <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" id="mwAZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Israel">Israel</a>'s <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Invasion_of_Lebanon" id="mwAZ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1982 Invasion of Lebanon">1982 Invasion of Lebanon</a> leave <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut" id="mwAZ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabra_and_Shatila_massacre" id="mwAZ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sabra and Shatila massacre">Sabra and Shatila refugee camps</a> by Phalange forces.