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Free virtual screening of the BBC documentary film "Before the Massacre"

  • Palestine Museum US 1764 Litchfield Turnpike, Suite 200 Woodbridge, CT, 06525 United States (map)

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This event starts at 12 Noon US EDT; 7:00 PM Palestine time
The screening will be followed by Q&A discussions with Dr. Ben Alofs, one of the volunteer physicians present at the Gaza Hospital (Sabra & Shatila camps).

About the Film
44 Minutes, English with English Subtitles.

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.