First UNIFIL troops arrive in southern Lebanon

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....

Armed clashes between Palestinian fighters and Kataeb forces spread near Tel al-Zaatar and Dekwaneh, drawing in other Lebanese communities. Result: escalating local conflict and increased danger for...

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;...

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...

During a sharp escalation involving PLO attacks and Israeli responses, Israeli aircraft bombed PLO-associated targets in Beirut, causing civilian casualties and intensifying pressure for a...

US mediation by Philip Habib produced a ceasefire between Israel and the PLO, largely reducing cross-border hostilities for several months. The agreement did not resolve Palestinian dispossession,...

United Nations reporting identified 21 April 1982 as a serious breach of the July 1981 ceasefire in the Israel–Lebanon sector. The incident exposed the fragility of the arrangement, while Lebanese...

UN reporting identified another serious breach on 9 May 1982. The renewed violence occurred amid unresolved disputes over the PLO presence in Lebanon and Israeli military actions. The escalation...