Lebanon’s first war happened in 1982. This war started on June 6 of 1982 and ended in June 1985. It all started when the Israel Defense Forces invaded the south of Lebanon after countless attacks were happening between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel Defense Forces (IDF). When Abu Nibal’s Organization attempted to assassinate Shlomo Argov the Prime Minister of Israel decided to blame Abu Nibal and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The Prime Minister launched “Operation Peace for Galilee” this was an invasion of Lebanon. This would take the Israelis into Beirut. The Israel Defense Forces crossed into Lebanon on June 6. Many of the PLO men fled the scene the Palestinian stilled stayed tenacious. The Israeli forces
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Benny Morris, Professor of History at Ben-Gurion University, in his 2001 book Righteous Victims, wrote: "The PLO military infrastructure in southern Lebanon was destroyed, and the organization was driven out of Beirut. Many PLO fighters were killed, and it lost most of its heavy equipment and ammunition stockpiles. Its headquarters was reestablished in faraway Tunisia, and its military units were dispersed in camps around the Middle East and North Africa, no longer posing a threat along or near Israel's borders. The PLO and Arafat emerged from the fray considerably weakened.” This war caused so much damage in Lebanon. The causalities in this war for Israel were 657 people dead, 3,887 wounded, four missing, eight captured. The causalities for PLO were 2,400 dead, 6,00 captured, and for Syria, there was 1,200 dead, 3,000 wounded, 269 captured. This war was the death of over 4,000 people. The cities were badly damaged, PLO was removed from Lebanon. This war had a huge impact on Lebanon. This only created a huge disaster as the operation …show more content…
This was a 34-day conflict between Israeli and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. Hezbollah is Shi’a Islamist militant group and political party. Even though this began July 12 the context of the dispute went back 24 years back during the 1982 Lebanon War (The First Lebanon War). Between 2000 to 2006 Hezbollah made attacks on northern Israel, which killed many civilians and military personnel. On July 12, 2006, Hezbollah made the attack on the town of northern Israel Shlomi “Hezbollah unleashed a carefully orchestrated, multipronged attack starting with a barrage of katyusha rocket and mortar shell fire aimed” This was a distraction that the Hezbollah used to infiltrate the border near the village of Zar’it. They attacked an IDF patrol. They used automatic fire weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. They injured three soldiers and wounded other three. The also abducted two soldiers. The IDF sent a tank to the borders but it exploded, and 4 soldiers died. A soldier who was part of the Israeli Defense Forces attempted to rescue the bodies of the soldiers in the tank but died in the process. This operation by the Hezbollah was named “True Promise”. This operation led to the death of 6 Israelis, 6 injured, and two abductions. For the damage, the Hezbollah caused the Israeli Defense Force decided to target their two main media outlets. The also launched air and artillery aids against Hezbollah targets in the
Benny Morris, Professor of History at Ben-Gurion University, in his 2001 book Righteous Victims, wrote: "The PLO military infrastructure in southern Lebanon was destroyed, and the organization was driven out of Beirut. Many PLO fighters were killed, and it lost most of its heavy equipment and ammunition stockpiles. Its headquarters was reestablished in faraway Tunisia, and its military units were dispersed in camps around the Middle East and North Africa, no longer posing a threat along or near Israel's borders. The PLO and Arafat emerged from the fray considerably weakened.” This war caused so much damage in Lebanon. The causalities in this war for Israel were 657 people dead, 3,887 wounded, four missing, eight captured. The causalities for PLO were 2,400 dead, 6,00 captured, and for Syria, there was 1,200 dead, 3,000 wounded, 269 captured. This war was the death of over 4,000 people. The cities were badly damaged, PLO was removed from Lebanon. This war had a huge impact on Lebanon. This only created a huge disaster as the operation …show more content…
This was a 34-day conflict between Israeli and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. Hezbollah is Shi’a Islamist militant group and political party. Even though this began July 12 the context of the dispute went back 24 years back during the 1982 Lebanon War (The First Lebanon War). Between 2000 to 2006 Hezbollah made attacks on northern Israel, which killed many civilians and military personnel. On July 12, 2006, Hezbollah made the attack on the town of northern Israel Shlomi “Hezbollah unleashed a carefully orchestrated, multipronged attack starting with a barrage of katyusha rocket and mortar shell fire aimed” This was a distraction that the Hezbollah used to infiltrate the border near the village of Zar’it. They attacked an IDF patrol. They used automatic fire weapons and rocket-propelled grenades. They injured three soldiers and wounded other three. The also abducted two soldiers. The IDF sent a tank to the borders but it exploded, and 4 soldiers died. A soldier who was part of the Israeli Defense Forces attempted to rescue the bodies of the soldiers in the tank but died in the process. This operation by the Hezbollah was named “True Promise”. This operation led to the death of 6 Israelis, 6 injured, and two abductions. For the damage, the Hezbollah caused the Israeli Defense Force decided to target their two main media outlets. The also launched air and artillery aids against Hezbollah targets in the