Two of the twelve official Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon are located in the southern suburbs of Beirut : Bourj el-Barajneh and Shatila . There is also one within its municipal boundaries : Mar Elias . Of the 15 unregistered or unofficial refugee camps , Sabra , which lies adjacent to Shatila , is also located in southern Beirut and was the scene of a massacre during the civil war People in Lebanon often use different names for the same geographic locations , and few people rely on official , government-provided street numbers . Instead , historic and commercial landmarks are more common
a massacre
Sabra and Shatila massacre
Beirut