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Operation Peace for Galilee (June – September 1982) Israeli troops in South Lebanon, June 1982. 6 June – Following the assassination attempt on Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom, IDF forces invade southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
Following increased attacks in northern Israel and the attempted assassination of Israeli diplomat Shlomo Argov, Israel invaded Lebanon to displace the PLO from along its border, triggering the 1982 Lebanon War. By 1985, Israel had withdrawn to a front designated as a "Security Zone" in Southern Lebanon, where it retained its forces to fight ...
During the 1982 Lebanon War, the city of Beirut was besieged by Israel following the breakdown of the ceasefire that had been imposed by the United Nations amidst the Lebanese Civil War. Beginning in mid-June, the two-month-long siege resulted in the expulsion of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from Beirut and the rest of Lebanon .
The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, [22] [23] [24] began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon.The invasion followed a series of attacks and counter-attacks between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) operating in southern Lebanon and the Israeli military, which had caused civilian casualties on both sides of the border.
The Bhamdoun abduction operation was a military operation carried out by Fatah, the main constituent organization of the PLO.During the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, a Palestinian four-man squad infiltrated the IDF-held mountainous area north of Bhamdoun, in central Lebanon, and attacked an IDF observation point, capturing the entire IDF unit without firing a single bullet.
In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon with the intention of rooting out the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). By 30 August 1982, under the supervision of the Multinational Force , the PLO withdrew from Lebanon following weeks of battles in West Beirut and shortly before the massacre took place.
October 10 – Israeli teachers' association begins the longest lasting strike in Israel's education system history. The strike ended after 64 days. October 16 – The full length of Highway 471 opens to the public; November 23 – An Israeli psychiatrist and reserve officer is charged with giving classified information to Iran, Russia and ...
Israel targets a Rafah command centre used by Hamas to plan attacks, killing 4 Hamas militants. Israel targets a car of a rocket crew in a northern Gaza that had just fired into Israel, killing 1 Hamas militant and wounding 2 other Palestinians. About fifty rockets are launched at Israel over the past 24 hours.