once Israel had entered Beirut. Below is an account by an Israeli member of the Merkava tank batallion of just what happened in Sabra and Chatilla Tony Greenstein Thirty years since the massacre in Sabra and Shatila - a personal testimony Translation from Hebrew: by Sol Salbe on Sunday, 23 September 2012 at 02:27  [From the Marker Cafe section of the Haaretz Hebrew website] Thirty years since the massacre in Sabra and Shatila - a personal testimony For thirty years "S" ran around with this story inside him but he did not share it with a soul. He even refused to cooperate with the researchers for the film Waltz with Bashir, who mange to locate him in his current country of residence. When they told him that his friends had all given their account and mentioned his name, he said that he did not remember anything. He just did not want to talk about it, he felt that he did not have the strength to deal with the memory and did not see the film. During the last Rosh Hashanah [Jewish New Year, 16-18 Sep 2012 -tr] he had a conversation with his wife about the holiday's customs. The apple and honey, for a sweet new year,  stirred the memory and then the dam broke loose and he told her everything. After that he found the courage to re-enact the whole scene in his mind and share it with some friends, myself included [The person who took it toThe Marker