Siege of Beirut

When

14 Jun 1982 – 21 Aug 1982

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

33.89° N, 35.50° E

Description

Israeli military siege during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon

Israeli military siege during the 1982 Lebanon War

During the 1982 Lebanon War, the city of Beirut was besieged by Israel following the breakdown of the ceasefire that had been imposed by the United Nations amidst the Lebanese Civil War. Beginning in mid-June, the two-month-long siege resulted in thousands of civilian deaths and the expulsion of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from Beirut and the rest of Lebanon.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Israéliens font leur jonction avec les FL et le 3 juillet mettent le siège devant Beyrouth, sans pouvoir y entrer, du fait de l’opposition américaine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار بيروت في الفترة ما بين 14 يونيو و21 أغسطس”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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