Final Report of the Israeli Commission of Inquiry into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut

On February 7, 1983, the Final Report of the "Commission of Inquiry into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut" was sent to the government by the three Commission members, Yitzhak Kahan (President of the Supreme Court and Commission Chairman), Aharon Barak (a Supreme Court Justice), and Yona Efrat (a retired army general). The following excerpts are from the authorized English translation of the Report, and cover the Commission's description of the unfolding of events in West Beirut between September 14 and i8, I982, the finding of indirect Israeli responsibility for the massacres, the judgement of the conduct of leading Israeli officials, and the final recommendations of the Commission.