 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mazuva mapfumbamwe asati atora basa, musi wa14 Gunyana 1982, Bachir akaurayiwa pamwe nevamwe 25 mukuputika kwebhomba muhofisi huru yeKataeb muAchrafieh. Kurwiswa uku kwakaitwa naHabib Shartouni, nhengo yeSyria Social Nationalist Party SSNP, iyo inofungidzirwa nevakawanda kuti yakaita maererano nemirairo yehurumende yeSyria yeMutungamiri Hafez al-Assad. Zuva rakatevera racho, Israeri yakaenda kunotora guta racho, ichibvumira nhengo dzePhalangist dzaitungamirirwa naElie Hobeika kupinda muSabra iri pakati nepakati uye mumusasa wevapoteri weShatila; kuurayiwa kwevanhu vakawandayakatevera, umo maPhalangist akauraya pakati pa762 na3.500 nhamba iri kukakavadzana vanhuwo zvavo, zvikurukuru vaPalestine navaShia vokuRebhanoni, zvichikonzera nyonganyonga huru yamarudzi ose. Vakawanda vanotaura kuti kuuraya kwacho kuri kutsiva kuurawa kwaBachir Gemayel uye kuuraya kusingaverengeki kwakaitwa nePLO pavanhuwo zvavo vechiKristu kubvira muna 1975. 