One man, father of two, Adel Termos, threw himself on the second bomber and saved countless lives at the cost of his own. At least 37 people were killed and more than 180 were injured. On 12 November 2015, the town of Bourj el-Barajneh was the scene of twin suicide bombings. The camp conditions are horrible, and many deaths are recorded every year from electrocution and collapsing buildings. After the crisis in Syria, many Syrian refugees moved to the camp, dramatically increasing its population. According to UNRWA more than 20,000 Palestinian refugees live in the camp, though originally only 10,000 were planned to live in the one square kilometer site. It (and other Palestinian Camps) was also laid siege to by Amal militia from February 1984 to February 1987 for the control of West Beirut. The camp was laid siege to by the Israeli army and Lebanese Christian Phalangists during 1982, after Israel invaded Lebanon earlier that year. In 1981 it was estimated 4-5,000 Tarshihans were living in the camp. Villagers from Tarshiha took on most of the leadership roles and remained the majority population of Bourj el-Barajneh camp for many years. Those villagers who were unable to reach Beirut in 1948 were rounded up and sent by train to Allepo were they became the largest group in al-Neirab Camp. About half of the 3,000 villagers from Tarshiha arriving in Lebanon settled there in what became Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camp, established by the League of Red Cross Societies. Initially families lived in rented rooms around Bourj el Barajneh which at that time was a suburb on the fringe of the city. The village had been the most prosperous in their district. In October 1948 families from Tarshiha began arriving in Beirut shortly after the conquest by the Israeli army of their village in Western Galilee. The Bourj el-Barajneh Refugee camp is located at the edge of the municipality.

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