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In July 1981, Israeli warplanes began bombarding a number of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) targets across Lebanon, mostly in Beirut and in the south of the country. This was in response to several Palestinian rocket attacks on northern Israel during the Lebanese Civil War.
The siege escalated after the Palestinian guerillas began shelling Israeli settlements. Until a 24 July ceasefire, 450 Palestinians and Lebanese, and 6 Israelis, died [12] 17 July – Israeli bombing of Beirut: Aircraft from Israel bombed a residential area of West Beirut that housed PLO headquarters. Ten apartment buildings were destroyed ...
July 1981: the PLO opened a heavy and indiscriminate artillery barrage on the Galilee panhandle using Katyusha rockets and 130mm guns. This barrage lasted 10 days driving the residents of northern Israel underground into bomb shelters. June 1982: Twenty villages were targeted in Galilee bombardment by the PLO and 3 Israelis were wounded. [1]
Pages in category "1981 in Israel" ... Bombing of Lebanon (July 1981) F. List of Israeli films of 1981; G. Golan Heights Law; O. Operation Opera; S. Strategic ...
The following events occurred in July 1981: July 1, 1981 ... Prime Minister Menachem Begin was able to declare victory in the closest election in the history of Israel.
Updated July 29, 2024 at 12:58 PM ... on the west — which was seized by Israel from Syria during the Six-Day War in 1967 before it was formally annexed in 1981. Israel subsequently offered them ...
In April 1981, the United States tried to broker a cease-fire in southern Lebanon among Israel, Syria and the PLO. In July 1981, Israel responded to PLO rocket attacks on northern Israeli settlements by bombing PLO encampments in southern Lebanon. United States envoy Philip Habib eventually negotiated a shaky cease-fire that was monitored by ...
1981 was a common year ... approximately 300 civilians and resulting in worldwide condemnation and a U.S. embargo on the export of aircraft to Israel. [29] July 19 ...