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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.
24 July – American mediator Philip Habib brokered a cease-fire between Israel and the PLO, temporarily halting the Lebanese Civil War. [ 14 ] 1 August – Abu Daoud , the PLO militant who had overseen the 1972 massacre of Israeli athletes was shot five times at close range while sitting in the coffee shop of the Victoria Hotel in Warsaw .
The following events occurred in July 1981: July ... The news, picked up by CNN the ... More than 300 people were killed and 800 injured when aircraft from Israel ...
In late-November 1981, the Israeli government announced that it intended to impose a civilian occupation administration on the Gaza Strip in the same way as on the West Bank, to be led by General Yosef Luntz, the military administrator of the Gaza Strip occupation. [51] In response, a general strike was launched in Gaza City on 2
Birzeit University in 2013. After Israel's victory in the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel has occupied the Palestinian territories, including the West Bank. [4] The occupation has been controversial, with Israel accused of violating international law, as well as committing human rights abuses and apartheid against Palestinians. [5]
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Father Issa Thaljieh, a 40-year-old Greek Orthodox parish priest at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, kneels at the spot where tradition says Jesus was born.
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