 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yokupinda kweIsrael muLebanon muna 1982, Hobeika akanga ari mukuru mukuru anobatanidza kuMossad. Musi wa15 September, pashure pokuurayiwa kwaPurezidhendi Bachir Gemayel zuva rakanga rapfuura, uto reIsrael rakatora West Beirut. Gurukota Rokudzivirira Ariel Sharon naChief of Staff General Raful Eitan vakanga vasarudza kuti Israel Defense Forces IDF yaisazopinda mumisasa yevapoteri vePalestine asi basa iri rinofanira kuitwa nemapoka echiKristu echiLebanese. Pausiku hwa 16 Gunyana 1982, Hobeika, aive panhurikidzwa yepamusoro penzvimbo yekuraira yeIsrael, apo mauto ekutanga zana nemakumi mashanu akapinda mumisasa yeSabra neShatila, iyo yakanga yabviswa nePalestine Liberation Organization PLO kutanga kwaGunyana. Maawa maviri pashure pokunge uto rokutanga revaPhalangist rapinda muShatila, mumwe wevarwi vacho akafonera Hobeika paredhiyo achibvunza kuti vaifanira kuitei nevakadzi nevana 50 vakanga vatapwa. Mhinduro yaHobeika yakanzwiwa nomukuru mukuru weIsrael, uyo akapupura kuti Hobeika akapindura kuti: Iyi ndiyo nguva yokupedzisira yauchandibvunza mubvunzo wakadaro; unonyatsoziva zvokuita. Vamwe vaFalangist vaiva padenga vakatanga kuseka. Brigadier General Amos Yaron akabvunza Lieutenant Elul, Chef de Bureau weDivisional Commander, kuti kuseka kwacho kwaiva pamusoro pei uye Elul akashandura izvo Hobeika akanga ataura. Yaron ipapo akava nekurukurirano yemaminiti mashanu, muchiNgezi, naHobeika. Zvaakataura hazvizivikanwi. Mumazuva matatu akatevera, LF yakauraya vagari vomumusasa vaibvira pa762 kusvika ku3 500. Kusvikira muna 1985, Hobeika akanga ari kurutivi rwaIsraeri. Zvisinei, ipapo akavamba kutsigira kuvapo kweSiria muRebhanoni. 