1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon

When

9 Apr 1973 – 10 Apr 1973

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

33.90° N, 35.53° E

Description

1973 battle between Israel in the PLO in Lebanon

Israeli attack on Palestinian forces in Lebanon

On the night of April 9 and early morning of April 10, 1973, Israel Defense Forces special forces units attacked several Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) targets in Beirut and Sidon, Lebanon. The attack, known as Operation Spring of Youth, is generally considered to have been part of Operation Wrath of God, Israel's retaliation for the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Operation Spring of Youth: Israeli commandos raid Beirut, assassinating 3 leaders of the Palestinian Resistance Movement”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “операция израильских спецслужб по физической ликвидации ряда руководителей палестинских военизированных организаций в Бейруте”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page