Fighting around Tel al-Zaatar and Dekwaneh expands

The Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 262, condemning Israel’s premeditated military action against Beirut civil international airport and stating Lebanon was entitled to appropriate...

Lebanese army commander Emile Bustani and PLO leader Yasser Arafat reached the Cairo Agreement under Egyptian auspices. The text provided for local Palestinian camp committees, certain rights to work,...

Jordanian forces attacked Palestinian armed organisations in September 1970. After their defeat and expulsion from Jordan, PLO networks consolidated operations and institutions in Lebanon. Result:...

During the night of 9–10 April Israeli forces raided PLO sites in Beirut and Sidon and killed senior Fatah figures. Palestinian organisations regarded the raid as an attack on their leadership and...

Following an earlier shooting near a church, Kataeb gunmen attacked a bus carrying Palestinian and Lebanese passengers. Accounts differ on passenger numbers and the day’s preceding incidents....

An armed Fatah group entering from Lebanon hijacked buses on Israel’s coastal road. Dozens of Israeli civilians, including children, were killed. The attack was presented by its perpetrators as part...

Israeli forces invaded southern Lebanon with the stated objective of pushing Palestinian armed groups north of the Litani River. The invasion displaced civilians and intensified conflict in the south....

Resolution 425 called for respect for Lebanese sovereignty, immediate Israeli withdrawal and establishment of UNIFIL. Result: a formal international framework for withdrawal and peacekeeping;...

The first UNIFIL personnel arrived following Security Council resolutions 425 and 426. Result: deployment of an international force tasked with confirming Israeli withdrawal, restoring peace and...

Following the March Israeli invasion, the first UNIFIL troops arrived. Lebanese communities and Palestinian factions faced a new international security presence. The deployment was intended to...