Modern Era · Middle East · War

1982

Israel invades Lebanon

June 6, 1982

Israeli tanks rolled north across the Lebanese border to eject the PLO from its Beirut strongholds. They besieged the capital through the summer and Israeli forces would remain in southern Lebanon until 2000. In September, Christian Phalangist militiamen entered the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps under Israeli watch and massacred perhaps two thousand Palestinian civilians. The occupation would incubate Hezbollah.

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In context

Also in 1982 (4 other events on record)

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CD released · East Asia · Technology
Sabra and Shatila massacre · Middle East · War
Brezhnev dies · Europe · Politics

Before and after in Middle East

Before: October 6, 1981: Sadat assassinated
After: October 23, 1983: Beirut barracks bombing

Before and after in War

Before: September 22, 1980: Iran-Iraq War begins
After: September 26, 1983: Petrov averts nuclear war

Era

Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: 1982 Lebanon War