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This article is about hostile actions, or actions termed terrorist against Palestinians and British soldiers, by Jewish groups within the British Mandate of Palestine, and later, by Israelis. These attacks were not all directly connected with the "mainstream" pre-Statehood Jewish leadership, who condemned these attacks publicly, and often extradited their members. Strong ties remained, though, between the formal Jewish leadership and its underground counterparts. See also: terrorism against Israel. Pre-Statehood Jewish terrorism In the 1930s …

…ordering appropriate measures for preventing or reducing the danger of massacre as a condition for the Phalangists' entry into the camps." Many Arabs claim that there was an Israeli conspiracy with intent to carry out the massacre, although no evidence has been uncovered to support this claim. This is one of many massacres conducted by many militias during the lengthy Lebanese civil war. A massacre by Syrian-backed Amal militia permanently destroyed the Shatila camp in 1985.