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Lebanon War of 1982

Years: 1982 - 1982

The 1982 Lebanon War, called by Israel the Operation Peace of the Galilee, and later colloquially also known in Israel as the First Lebanon War, begins on 6 June 1982, when the Israel Defense Forces invade southern Lebanon.

The Government of Israel ordersthe invasion as a response to the assassination attempt against Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, by the Abu Nidal Organization.After attacking the PLO, as well as Syrian and Muslim Lebanese forces, Israel occupies southern Lebanon.

Surrounded in West Beirut and subject to heavy bombardment, the PLO and the Syrian forces negotiate passage from Lebanon with the aid of international peacekeepers.

"Remember that the people you are following didn’t know the end of their own story. So they were going forward day by day, pushed and jostled by circumstances, doing the best they could, but walking in the dark, essentially."

—Hilary Mantel, AP interview (2009)