Sharon: I regretted Sabra and Shatila massacres, but I was not responsible for them

Leader of the Israeli rights Ariel Sharon, the likud candidate for the post of the prime minister in the coming elections to be held on February 6th has expressed " regret for the catastrophe took place at the Sabra and Shatila camps during the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. But he renewed his statement: " I was not responsible for that."

In an interview with the Arab language weekly Kul al-Arab issued today in occupied al-Nasera ( occupied since 1948), Sharon added that Kahana's official committee which investigated in this massacre: decided that I shoulder indirect responsibility because I could not estimate that such a thing will take place.

He added "I was not the only one who did not estimate that such a massacre might take place, there are also the intelligence and the Mossad and other who did not expect what had taken place." This massacre which took place under the eyes of the Israeli army resulted in killing more than 1000 killing. At that time the ICRC said that 800 were killed while the Palestinians stressed that 1500 were killed.