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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.
Sharon outlined three objectives for the war: to crush the PLO, expel the Syrians from Lebanon, and establish a strong central Lebanese government that Israel could pursue a peace deal with. [ 6 ] Philip Habib, a seasoned American diplomat, played a crucial role in brokering the delicate negotiations that led to the PLO's withdrawal from ...
Israeli troops in the Lebanese port city of Sidon, August 1982. The 1982 Lebanon war began on 6 June 1982, [48] when Israel invaded again for the purpose of attacking the Palestine Liberation Organization. The Israeli army laid siege to Beirut. During the conflict, according to Lebanese sources, between 15,000 and 20,000 people were killed ...
United Nations Security Council resolution 520, adopted unanimously on 17 September 1982, after the assassination of Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel and reaffirming resolutions 508 (1982), 509 (1982) and 516 (1982), the Council demanded that Israel withdraw immediately from Lebanon, and that Lebanese sovereignty be respected in order to restore a stable government in Lebanon.
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The war is the subject of Nabil Kanso's paintings The Vortices of Wrath, Lebanon, Endless Night, and Lebanon Summer 1982. The 2021 Lebanese-Canadian film Memory Box is based on co-director Joana Hadjithomas ' notebooks and tapes made when she was a teenager in Beirut during the civil war in the 1980s.
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 .
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