Difference between revisions of "1978-2000 South Lebanon conflict"
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| − | + | Parts of southern [[Lebanon]] were continuously occupied by [[Israel]] or its allied militia, the [[South Lebanese Army]], from [[Operation Litani]], which began on March 14, 1978, until [[Prime Minister]] [[Ehud Barak]], himself a veteran of 1973 fighting in Lebanon, finally ordered an Israeli withdrawal on May 24, 2000. The occupation is considered by some sources to have started with the [[1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon]], but the [[United Nations]] did not rule the Israelis to be in compliance with Security Council Resolution 425, passed after Operation Litani, until June 16, 2000. | |
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| + | The 1975 outbreak of the [[Lebanese civil war]] put a damper on [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] raids into Israel from southern Lebanon, but in 1978 the PLO reorganized and infiltrated eleven [[terrorists]] into Israel, led by an 18-year-old woman, who managed to kill thirty-seven Israelis in a hijacking of two buses which became known as the [[Coastal Road Massacre]]. | ||
Revision as of 22:01, May 7, 2007
Parts of southern Lebanon were continuously occupied by Israel or its allied militia, the South Lebanese Army, from Operation Litani, which began on March 14, 1978, until Prime Minister Ehud Barak, himself a veteran of 1973 fighting in Lebanon, finally ordered an Israeli withdrawal on May 24, 2000. The occupation is considered by some sources to have started with the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, but the United Nations did not rule the Israelis to be in compliance with Security Council Resolution 425, passed after Operation Litani, until June 16, 2000.
Operation Litani
The 1975 outbreak of the Lebanese civil war put a damper on Palestine Liberation Organization raids into Israel from southern Lebanon, but in 1978 the PLO reorganized and infiltrated eleven terrorists into Israel, led by an 18-year-old woman, who managed to kill thirty-seven Israelis in a hijacking of two buses which became known as the Coastal Road Massacre.